By Miriam Humbe
The FCT Emergency Management Department (FEMD) has appealed to secondary schools in the FCT to establish Disaster Management Clubs.
Nkechi Isa, the Head, Public Affairs
at FEMD disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday.
At an event to mark the 2024 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, (IDDRR), the Ag. Director General of FEMD, Engr Abdulrahman Mohammed made the appeal at the Model Secondary School, Maitama.
Represented by the Head of Forecasting, Response, and Mitigation of FEMD, Mr Mark Nyam, Abdulrahman said this would equip the students with the basic skills needed to mitigate the impact of disasters in their schools and communities.
He attributed flooding, drought, and epidemics ravaging parts of the country to the impact of Climate Change.
The Head FRM appealed to the students not to dump waste indiscriminately, particularly on water channels, to switch off electrical appliances when not in use, not to farm along the river banks and to cascade the message to their communities.
The Principal of Model Secondary School, Maitama, Mrs. Olure Irewole Judith, said the school would establish a Disaster Management club as soon as it gets approval from the Secondary Education Board.
A student of the school, Agbo Ene, said she would shun the indiscriminate dumping of refuse and sensitize her community against the practice.
The FEMD team also took the IDDRR campaign to the Government Secondary School in Gwarinpa.
The theme of the 2024 IDDRR campaign is: “Empowering the next generation for a resilient future”.
The target is; Disaster in the classroom.
