What is the financial budget for NEMA within a year?
ANS: From the ecological fund we get up to 9 billion naira but we are supposed to get up to 9 billion from the ecological funds. But like I mentioned earlier not even a kobo was given to NEMA from those funds last year. This year, the funds have been coming in trickles so far, even though there was never a time we got the whole 9 billion that is our entitlement. This year, so far, we have gotten up to 3 billion and we are still expecting some more funds. EC: It has been established that lack of prompt response to disasters in Nigeria is responsible for the colossal damages that disasters have caused in the country? Ans: That is very true. Disasters ought to be addressed very promptly and unless you have the agencies that are ready and trained, you cannot respond adequately. Like I mentioned earlier, the constraints NEMA face is getting the other relevant stakeholders to work in sync with us. NEMA does not have the manpower that quails disaster physically. We count on other agencies who
