Interrogating Disaster Management in the South East Nigeria: Problems and way forward

Abstract

Early warning in disaster management is not taken
seriously by National Emergency Management
Agency (NEMA). There are plethora of disasters
ranging from flood, fire outbreak, erosion and
many others in Nigeria. In spite of the fact that the
incidences of the disasters come now and again,
they were still treated with levity. The ugly situation
motivated this study which is “Interrogating
disaster management in the south east Nigeria:
Problems and way forward. The study adopted
qualitative research method and specifically,
content analysis was used as mode of analysis.
Focus group discussion guide and in-depth
interview also were used to elicit data from
respondents. The data complemented the analysis.
Findings revealed that there has never been an
implementable institutional/policy framework
chatted over the years to nip the ugly incidents in
the bud. Also, the management of NEMA appears
to be disconnected from the people since many
emergency calls by victims were treated with
ignominy