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Chief of Staff to the Nigerian President, Femi Gbajabiamila has paid a fact-finding visit to the headquarters of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Abuja.
He was joined on the visit by the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Office of the Vice President Sen Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia and some senior officials from the Presidency.
The Chief of Staff to the President and members of his entourage were received by the Director General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, in the company of Directors of the Agency.
Speaking on the visit, Gbajabiamila said it was a follow-up to the recent retreat held for Chief Executives of Agencies under the Presidency to further identify the progress in their activities and challenges and seek ways to strengthen their service delivery.
He commended NEMA for being active in the discharge of its mandates and assured the support of the Government to assist the Agency to become more efficient in its activities.
The Chief of Staff also called for establishing a counterpart funding model between the federal and state governments to respond effectively to disaster outbreaks in the country.
Similarly, the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Senator Hadejia, also commended NEMA and advised State Governments to complement the efforts by playing the roles expected of them in disaster management.
Earlier, the DG NEMA, Zubaida Umar, briefed the visitors on the mandates and activities of the Agency.
The visitors were later led by the DG NEMA to the National Emergency Operation Centre established for flood monitoring and data coordination where they were further briefed on the current flood situation in the country.
Source: Swifteradio.com
