ABSTRACT
Record engenders competence in management and maintains the trend in the history of learning and improvement processes. NEMA has been talking disaster related issues through the establishment of concrete structures and measure such as the education or the public in order to raise their level of awareness and reduce the effect of disasters in the country. The local government are the first responders, then the state and finally federal. The system of record keeping is also important in the management of future disaster. Therefore, using daily trust newspaper as a source of data, the records of NEMA intervention to disaster management in Nigeria was attained. Saturday trust (daily trust newspaper) was used for 52 weeks. The findings obtained is that the most frequent disasters in Nigeria that are intervened by NEMA are, flood (71.3%), terrorist attack (34.6%), building collapse (3.8%), oil spill (3.8%), while drought, bomb blast & rainstorm is (1.9%). The region of the country where it occurs most frequently is the north-west (30.8%), north-central (28.8%), north east (9.2%). While the south-east, south-south and south-west have a frequency of 11.5% being the lowest. The relief materials supplied from the highest frequency to the lowest are; food item (11.5%), blanket, mats & mattresses (7.7%), drugs/Medicare (3.8%), insecticide, detergent, cloths/shoes, bucket & rubbers have a frequency of (1.9%) each. The lowest relief material is building material. Introduction of better flood warning systems, and modify homes, businesses, schools, and general infrastructures to withstand flood. More majors should be taken to ensure that regions have a better disaster management system in place. The relief materials should be provided or made ready especially building materials, for internally displaced persons to erect structures.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER PAGE …………………………………………………………………………………i
DECLARATION ……………ii
CERTIFICATION iii
DEDICATION iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT v
ABSTRACT vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
LIST OF TABLES ix
LIST OF MAPS……………………………………………………………………………..…x
ABBREVIATIONS…………………………………………………………………………….xi
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem 4
1.3 Objectives of the Study 5
1.4 Significance of the Study 6
1.5 Scope of the Study 6
1.6 Operational Definition of Terms 7
References………………………………………………………………………………8
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Introduction 9
2.2 Records about Frequent Disasters That Occur In World...............................................9
2.3 Records about regions where Disasters Occurs most........................................... .15
2.4 Relief Materials Provided To Victims of Disasters by Agencies Concern..................24
2.5 Summary of the Review .29
Reference………………………...……………………………………………………….….32
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction 34
3.2 Research Methodology 34
3.3 Research Design 35
3.4 Sampling 36
3.5 Sample Selection 36
3.6 Unit of analysis 36
3.7 Content categories 37
3.8 Procedures of Data Analysis 38
Reference…………………………………………………………………………………….39
CHAPTER FOUR: DAta representation, analysis and discussion
4.0 Introduction 40
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...44
5.2 Summary of study…………………………………………………………………….44
5.3 Summary of the findings..............................................................................................44
5.4 Conclusion 45
5.5 Recommendations 45
Bibliography 46
LIST OF TABLES
Table: 4.1 Frequent Disaster NEMA Intervened in Nigeria through available Records. 41
Table: 4.2 Region of the Country Where Disasters Occurred Most in Nigeria 42
Table: 4.3 The Types of Relief Materials NEMA Provides to Disaster Victims in Nigeria. 43
LIST OF FIGURE
Figure 1: Map of Nigeria 23
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
FRM.............................................................................. Flood risk management system
IDP……………………………………………………..Internal displaced persons
NEMA...........................................................................National emergency management agency
NDDC…………………………………………………. Niger Delta Development Commission
S/No...............................................................................serial number
SEMA…………………………………………………..State emergency management agency
UNICEF……………………………………………….United nation child education fund
