Flood: Volunteer Workers Get Search And Rescue Training
By Chioma Umeh a LAGOS – At least 170 persons have received training in search and rescue operations, as part of the contingency plans for the predicted 2016 flooding. The capacity building workshop on Basic Skills in Search and Rescue was conducted by the Anambra State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) in conjunction with trainers from the Southeast Zonal National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). According to SEMA Director, Chukwudi Onyejekwe, who coordinated the workshop on behalf of the Executive Secretary of SEMA, the directive to build community resilience for disaster risk reduction was from the State Governor, Willie Obiano. He said that it was to ensure that volunteer workers from the 21 local government areas of the state get needed training to ensure there would be enough hands to tackle any unforeseen situation. The volunteer workers in Otuocha, Anambra East Local Government Area, are also expected to gain knowledge needed to assist the fl