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Disasters Like The Recent Building Collapse Must Not Happen Again – Gani Adams

David Folami — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 02:13:25 +0000

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams has revealed his sadness over the deaths that occurred after the collapsed building disaster at Ita Faaji, in Lagos Island Lagos state Government had earlier said 20 people died as a result of the accident. He said he feels the many young Nigerians that died could’ve been future [...]

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Disasters Are Serious Disruption Of The Functioning Of A Community – Samuel Ortom

David Folami — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:32:55 +0000

Samuel Ortom of Benue reently urged stakeholders in the environment sector to begin effective disaster management and risk reduction strategies in the state. “I am sincerely encouraged by the purposefulness and commitment of participating agencies and groups in ensuring emergency preparedness response; we appreciate all the stakeholders involved in disaster management service delivery. “As we [...]

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Adequate Steps Should Be Taken To Curtail Flood Disasters – PDP

David Folami — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:45:17 +0000

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the state and federal governments to be more proactive to curb flood disaster in the country. A statement by the party’s Head, Publicity Division Administration, Chinwe Nnorom said the party expressed its sympathy with government and people of Benue over recent devastating flood in Benue. She stated that [...]

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Natural Disasters inflict $80bn in Farming Losses – UN

AMA — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 08:15:59 +0000

Natural disasters in developing countries over the past 10 years have caused at least $80bn worth of agricultural damage, according to a UN report. The 53-page study, released on Thursday in the run-up to UN climate talks in Paris next week, looked at the impact of disasters on agriculture and food security from 2003-2013. “These [...]

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