Opinion: Buhari’s New Thrust At Crisis Management, By Ibrahim Sheme
The new ministry is expected to coordinate and execute the duties of these agencies in order to provide the social security direly needed by Nigerians. The situation whereby victims of emergencies are rehabilitated and left to go aimlessly without any provision to cushion any aftershocks in their future life is one of the gaps seen in our humanitarian and disaster management sector.
Also, there has been an rising increase in natural disasters, such as floods and erosion, due to climate change and poor policy, as well as and man-made-disasters like kidnappings, brigandage and other forms of criminality in the North-West, all of which have led to deaths, mass displacement, and the loss of property. Several refugee camps dot parts of the north, a phenomenon hitherto heard about only in the news from distant lands.
The issue of the lack of proper coordination makes government institutions semi-autonomous under the busy office of the President and ignites unhealthy rivalry in the system. This is of paramount significance.
Also, a ministry such as this will be long-lasting because even if our conflict situation abates, it will not go away for a long time to come, while natural disasters and poverty are just what they are – natural. The ministry will always be there to manage the situation. This point is important in understanding the work of the new ministry. Nigerians know the mandate of institutions like the National Emergency Managmement Agency and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons . They expect that the new ministry would automatically consist of these agencies and some others. What they now ask about, however, is the social development aspect of the nomenclature.
It is important for the government to avoid the pitfalls of the past in this area and ensure that everything falls in place. And it should expedite action on the transfer of these agencies to the ministry in order to allow it to hit the ground running. No time to waste.
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