Web35K views, 1.2K likes, 69 loves, 290 comments, 62 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Channels Television: News At 10 CDC also supported the establishment and operation of national and state-level EOCs. 15. Disaster Risk Reduction has also been mainstreamed into professional programmes, like the Police Training College, Armed Forces Command and College, Nigeria Institute for Policy and Strategic Study, the In-Service Trainings for Civil Servants and National Security, Civil Defence Corps and National Youth Service Corps (a one year compulsory service period for graduates of Universities and Polytechnics. WebNational Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) The National Emergency Management Agency was established in 1999 and is responsible for supervising the Emergency Management Agency CDC worked with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and partners to integrate COVID-19 testing into the laboratory network, enabling the country to conduct more than 5.5 million COVID-19 tests between 2020 and 2022, CDC supported the development of the Incidence Action Plan that guides COVID-19 operations in Nigeria, CDC supported serosurvey studies in 8 states and the Federal Capital Territory to provide accurate data on the COVID-19 burden in Nigeria, CDC helped create a state response coordination mechanism to enable weekly virtual meetings among the 52 national rapid response teams, CDC supported the design and implementation of a walk-in testing center and a COVID-19 response toolkit for national and state-level EOCs and emergency response teams, CDC supported the COVID-19 Community of Practice for Nigeria and the West Africa Region. Management NEMA has received another set of 107 stranded Nigerians from Tripoli, Libya. 5. Determined from time; and (e) The Director General of the Agency. They differ from drills in the sense that they often involve multiple functions at once and that they do not actually result in the deployment of any resources or personnel. 4. Nonetheless, I have emphasized a few of these duties of the National Emergency Management Agency in this post. CDCs data-driven approach combined with HIV treatment and prevention strategies strengthen collaborative activities in Nigeria. With assistance from CDC, Africa CDC and the regional centers established the Surveillance and Response Unit and develop workforce capacity. NEMA, on the other hand, has worked tirelessly to address disaster-related issues since its formation. This brings together all stakeholders with the goal of finding their respective roles in emergency preparedness coordination. 8. Nigerian Red Cross Society, a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, is a major player in disaster and emergency management in Nigeria. In a recent paper, NOA stated that it has been engaged in promoting Nigerias Core Values by through a nationwide survey of Nigerias core values; promoting the dignity of national symbols; cultivating a new crop of leadership; and introduction of civic education in the secondary school curriculum, promoting citizens understanding of the constitution programme; building capacity for community peace and conflict management, feedback to government and forging government/civil society partnership.