Nigeria may have recorded significant progress in the area of disaster management and disaster risk reduction and gained global attention as two United Nations disaster managers are scheduled to visit the country this week.
The visits will be to commend the Federal Government for its efforts and advocate for more support for disaster management from the highest political leadership.
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom, and the UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Baroness Valerie Amos, will both be hosted by the National Emergency Management Agency.
Wahlstrom, who will be in the country between Monday and Wednesday, is leading a strong advocacy for disaster risk reduction strategy aiming at minimising the risk of natural, human induced and technological hazards in the country.
She will also advocate for political support and institutional recognition of disaster risk reduction as vital component of the development agenda and urther develop as well as build an effective and formidable structure for the operationalisation of strategies for disaster risk management in the country.
The SRSG is expected to hold series of meetings with senior government officials, including Vice-President Namadi Sambo, members of the academia, civil society groups, non-governmental organisations and the media, with a special focus on land use planning and development control, and making cities resilient.
Wahlstrom was appointed the first Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in November 2008 by the Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
Amos, on the other hand, will be looking at the humanitarian issues resulting from the recent incidences of natural disasters and conflicts experienced in certain parts of the country.
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