The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has reaffirmed commitment to improving on the staff capacity towards building a robust system for efficient and effective disaster management in the country.
The Director-General, retired Air Vice Marshal, (AVM) Muhammadu Muhammed stated this at a field operation and humanitarian coordination workshop organised by NEMA in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Keffi, Nassarawa State.
Represented by the Assistant Chief Training Officer in the agency, Kenoma Ojuediere, AVM Muhammed said NEMA would equip the staff with necessary skills and knowledge required to enable them to discharge their duties and extend the same to personnel of stakeholder agencies and organisations in disaster management.
He explained that the workshop was a follow-up to the recently concluded certification and recertification training of NEMA staff on Basic First Aid skills, adding that the management will continue to explore opportunities for more relevant training to build their capacities.
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Highlighting objectives of the workshop on Field Operation and Humanitarian Coordination, retired AVM Mohammed further explained that it was deliberately designed with modules aimed at improving the staff disaster communication skills and building teamwork with personnel of other organisations while responding to emergency situations.
Other areas covered in the staff training programme include principles, standards, values and approaches of humanitarian response; understanding of international humanitarian systems as well as humanitarian civil-military coordination and access.
The two-day workshop held in Keffi is the first in a series that will also hold in Lagos, Gombe, Kano and Port Harcourt for the staff of NEMA across the country.
(Radio Nigeria Network)
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