The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency has reassured residents of the commitment of the agency to the protection of lives and property promptly.
The Director-General, FEMA, Dr Abbas Idriss, gave the assurance at the end of a road walk organised to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the agency in Abuja on Thursday, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.
Idriss was represented by the Director of Finance and Account, FEMA, Mohammed Sabo.
He tasked the staff members of FEMA with maintaining a five-minute or less response time in cases of emergencies in the FCT.
The director-general said the walk was also to create awareness of disaster prevention and mitigation in the FCT.
He said that the walk was organised to create an opportunity for the staff of the agency to keep fit to enable them to carry out their duties optimally.
He said, ”All hands would be on deck with other stakeholders to mitigate against the impact of floods.
“We have established a very good structure. We have taken flood emergency activities to various communities. We have also established stakeholders and development partners for FEMA.
“We are well-grounded to attend to emergency situation in the FCT.
“This exercise is a regular activity in FEMA, because our staff are always on the field and we want to ensure that they are physical fit to handle emergency situations in the FCT.”
Also speaking, Mrs Florence Wenegieme, Director, Forecasting, Response and Mitigation, FEMA, said that all area councils had established their local emergency management committment, to complement the efforts of the agency.
She added that the agency which recorded zero-fatality during the 2022 flooding, had repositioned itself to record more success stories.
According to her, aggressive sensitisation, warning signs on flood prone areas, among other measures, are already in place to ensure no one losses his or her life to flooding.
The road which had the management and staff of the agency as participants, started from AYA roundabout to the Army Resource Centre and ended at FEMA office.
