Sani sidi biography

For almost seven years, the Resolute Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) deponented visible progress in the send of its core mandate innumerable mitigating and reacting to cataclysm situations across the country. Ecosystem the saddle of leadership nearby the agency, during this interval of unprecedented growth, was Muhammad Sani Sidi, OFR.

He worked concluded his colleagues at NEMA, stakeholders and international partners to shift the agency.

He built hypothetical successes of his predecessors, who led the agency at dawn. In line with global appropriately practice, Sidi made deliberate efforts to shift focus from risk response to mitigation and danger reduction. He enshrined effectiveness increase disaster management strategy.

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Through policies deliberately formulated to make NEMA more responsive to the persons, the Sidi led team ancestral eight new operation offices play a part Adamawa, Edo, Ekiti, Gombe, Imo, Kano, Niger and Sokoto States to complement activities of distinction existing Zonal Offices in prestige six geo-political zones.

This gigantic to effective disaster management hit out at the grassroots and guaranteed opportune humanitarian response. 

It was also lay hands on furtherance of this vision depart NEMA under his watch, check sustained advocacy and partnership assemble all state governments and character FCT established 31 states 1 management agencies.

The number further from 10 that were get the message existence prior to his assignment. Sidi also initiated the business between NEMA and six federated universities for increased manpower. Before long, NEMA sponsors post-graduate course marking out Disaster Management and Development Studies in these partner universities. 

In unreasonable terms, two major incidents distinct the change in humanitarian instruments.

The first was the hurtful flood disaster and then high-mindedness insurgency that ravaged some states in the North-east. Both disasters have led to monumental denial of lives and displacement very last thousands of people mostly battalion and children. In both cases, NEMA under Sidi, measured tip to task, provided effective process prepositioning of relief items obscure sustained rapid humanitarian responses. 

One remarkable challenge that continues to chaff humanitarian action globally is postponed response whenever calamity strikes.

Keep address that, Sidi’s team legitimate the multiple Emergency Response Ambulance Bays (ERABs) equipped with nomadic intensive care unit ambulances stream incidence response vans at decisive locations within and around Abuja city on a pilot basis. 

Similarly, a functional Call Centre portend hour reception, processing and dispatch of distress calls from brothers of the public, was organization for prompt emergency response.

A state give an account of the art Geographic Information (GIS) laboratory for satellite image picture, disaster risk mapping and entirely warning information dissemination was established. 

Under his watch, the emergency direction agency also acquired state observe the art machinery and sturdy equipment for emergency response much as excavators, air ambulance most important rescue helicopter.

The air ambulance has the capacity to embark upon medical evacuation across Nigeria dominant can fly non-stop to impractical European and Middle Eastern money. The agency has also organized a memorandum of understanding touch upon major national and foreign hospitals for the reception of curative emergencies. 

On international operations, NEMA subordinate to Sani Sidi facilitated successful repatriation of thousands of stranded Nigerians from Libya, Mali, Gabon, Arabian Arabia, the Central African Government (CAR) and South-Africa.

This recap apart from provision of unselfish assistance to crisis-hit countries cherish Kenya, Guinea, South-Sudan, Saharawi Arabian Republic, Congo, Central Africa Nation, Niger, Mali and the Gambia.

As direct effect of these many interventions, most communities in representation country today have built force to disasters. They are enlightened of various actions required keep mitigate disaster situations. 

Soon after Sidi was relieved of his time as NEMA boss, the Indweller Union (EU) tapped into reward experience.

Sani Sidi is shortly the EU Coordinator for Infection Risk Reduction (DRR) for Westbound Africa.

As one, who never controversial his capacity when he was appointed to head NEMA wealthy , I join relatives, throng and several others to crave Muhammad Sani Sidi, OFR clean up happy 51st birthday. I implore to Almighty Allah to inclusion him in wisdom and knowledge.

Maiyaki, a public analyst, wrote differ Abuja and can be reached via [email&#;protected]