Flood: Metchie Decries Absence of NEMA, SEMA in Anambra IDP Camps The President General of Umueri community in Anambra State, Chief Johnny Chukwudi Metchie, has expressed disappointment over the absence of both the N
The President General of Umueri community in Anambra State, Chief Johnny Chukwudi Metchie, has expressed disappointment over the absence of both the National Emergency Management Agency and the State Emergency Management Agency in the management of the internally displaced persons camps in the state.
He said rather than NEMA and SEMA, the Anambra flood victims IDP camps are put entirely in the hands of new local government council chairmen, who apart from not having any experience in disaster management, are not even engaging the services of experts, including health officials, nurses, medical doctors and others, to ensure that essential food and drugs are safe for the victims.
“It falls below all known standards of disaster management to leave the coordination in the hands of local government chairmen who have no requisite knowledge and expertise to coordinate such a huge crisis as we have on our hands currently. While thanking the Anambra State government, individuals, NGOs, churches and other organizations that have been donating relief materials to the IDPs, Metchie called for more efforts in the areas of mattresses, blankets, mosquito nets and rechargeable lamps, as well as mobilization of nurses, doctors and other health officials to the camps.