Strategic Plan for Disaster Victims Management and Evaluation
CHAPTER ONE
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the study are;
- To ascertain the strategic plan put in place to management victim of disaster
- To examine the causes of disaster
- To ascertain how disaster can be managed
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA
In 1976, the Federal Government of Nigeria established the National Emergency Relief Agency (NERA) to coordinate its disaster response activities. The Agency was purely a relief organisation focussing only on post disaster management. The increase in deaths from natural and man-made disasters makes mitigation and prevention of disasters an urgent priority. Thus in 1999, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) was established to replace NERA and to manage disasters in Nigeria in all its ramification. The National Emergency Management Agency, amongst other things, has a mandate to:
- a) Formulate policy on all activities relating to disaster management in Nigeria and co-ordinate the plans and programmes for efficient and effective response to disaster at national level;
- b) Co-ordinate and promote research activities relating to disaster management at the national level;
- c) Monitor the state of preparedness of all organisations or agencies which may contribute to disaster management in Nigeria;
- d) Collate data from relevant agencies so as to enhance forecasting, planning and field operation of disaster management;
- e) Educate and inform the public on disaster prevention and control measures;
- f) Co-ordinate and facilitate the provision of necessary resources for search and rescue and other types of disaster curtailment activities in response to distress call.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION
Disaster Management is the systematic observation and analysis of disasters to improve measures relating to prevention, mitigation, preparedness, emergency response and recovery. Today, lack of understanding of the relevance of space acquired data to development efforts, inadequate efforts to address the information needs of various economic sectors including the analysis and application of such information and the scarcity of skilled and educated man-power are among the bottle necks that confront sustainable development efforts. People in desperate poverty often could not cope with the magnitude of disasters. Desperate actions often ended in outcomes that prevented their living through a subsequent disaster. This is the more reason why disaster must be managed by applying various options of the technology available. Satellites remote sensing is indispensable for disaster mitigation work. Information provided by satellites is critical for decision-making. Maps can be produced for risk assessments. For example, it can be used to map the various areas that are prone to flooding. This will allow for better targeting of the people in the areas perceived to be most in danger for purposes of early warning and response. Natural hazards prevention must play a prominent role in global efforts to reduce human suffering and damage to natural and built environments. Disaster mitigation is both possible and feasible if the sciences and technologies of space are applied. The main types of disasters in Nigeria are floods, drought, oil spill, bush fire and landslide.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to strategic plan for disaster victims management and evaluation
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
DATA ANALYSIS
The data collected from the respondents were analyzed in tabular form with simple percentage for easy understanding.
A total of 133(one hundred and thirty three) questionnaires were distributed and 133 questionnaires were returned.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain strategic plan for disaster victims management and evaluation
In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of strategic plan for disaster victims management and evaluation
Summary
This study was on strategic plan for disaster victims management and evaluation. Three objectives were raised which included, to ascertain the strategic plan put in place to management victim of disaster, to examine the causes of disaster and to ascertain how disaster can be managed. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff of NEMA, Borno state. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made up directors, information officers, senior staff and junior staff were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
The findings of this study show that the National emergency management agency (NEMA) and the various disaster management stakeholders in the state have a weak capacity to respond adequately to emergency disaster situations in the study area. Some of the disaster management challenges include poor coordination, inadequate trained personnel and poor logistics. To minimize flood damage in the study area, the development of policies, strategies and plans to combat the risks associated with natural disasters such as flood should be based on a comprehensive risk assessment. This requires an integrated approach whereby a wide range of mitigation measures should be considered. A flood alert is issued well in advance of the actual arrival of floods to enable people to take appropriate measures and shift to safer places. Unfortunately, NIMET do not have all the sophisticated equipment that it needs to monitor the weather.
Recommendation
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency should be well equipped with the necessary facilities to enable it meet up with the challenges of weather forecasts. This will also include increase in the number of weather observatory stations and network so as to be able to issue a flood early warning system with the capability to deliver reliable, timely and effective flood information at an appropriate response time
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