The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Friday that it had introduced a nationwide air ambulance service with the hub in Abuja.
The Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Sani Sidi, said this in Sokoto.
Sidi spoke through NEMA’s Director of Administration and Supplies, Dr Zanna Mohammed, during a courtesy call on the Secretary to the Sokoto State Government, Alhaji Sahabi Gada.
Sidi said that the service currently had a pioneer CESSNA-model air ambulance which had been fully equipped.
The aircraft has been fully equipped with all the required state-of-the-art, medical facilities and well-trained medical doctors and other para-medics.
“For now, the service would be coordinated from the air ambulance service’s hub in Abuja and it would cover the whole country,” he said.
According to him, the ambulance could effectively and efficiently reach any part of the country within the earliest time possible.
Sidi further said that the agency had adequately provided all the needed communication, search and rescue facilities nationwide.
Similarly, the agency has stockpiled huge reserves of equipment and relief materials required for urgent assistance to disaster victims in distress.
“These include helicopters, vehicles, ambulances, tents, assorted food items, blankets and mattresses,” he added.
Sidi stated that NEMA was implementing the Federal Government’s agenda by being proactive and diligent in all its activities.
He also said that the agency was meaningfully engaged with all the emergency management agencies in the country and other stakeholders.
This, he said, was necessary as disaster risk management and mitigation was a collective responsibility.
Sidi said that the agency had set up a new zonal office in Sokoto to take charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states.
“The new zonal office was carved out from the hitherto Kaduna Zone to allow for more efficient, fast and less-cumbersome response and mitigation of disasters.
“The Sokoto State Government, just like others in Nigeria, has been an active partner with NEMA and we will continue to appreciate this,” the director-general said.
Gada commended NEMA for establishing the new zonal office, promising to sustain the existing cordial relationship between it and the government.
“We will continue to tirelessly work together with the agency to ensure the success of its commendable activities,” Gada pledged.
via nigerianeye
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