DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL OF NEMA

DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL OF NEMA

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND ………..………………..…………………………….         1-7

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS…………………………………                7-9

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY……………………………………….               9

SIGNIFICANT OF STUDY……………………………………………                10

SCOPE……………………………………………………………………..               11

LIMITATIONS…………………………………………………………..                12

RESEARCH QUESTIONS…………………………………………               13

ENDNOTES………………………………………………………………….    14-15

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

CONCEPT OF DISASTER……………………………………………   16-19

DISASTER MANAGEMENT………………………………………….   19-25

TYPES AND CAUSES OF DISASTERS…………………………….   25-27

PATTERN AND CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTERS……………..    27-29

THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE (SANDF)

IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT………………………………………   29-30

SUMMARY……………………………………………………………..   31-32

ENDNOTES…………………………………………………………………     ..      33-37

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

RESEARCH DESIGN………………………………………………………    38-39

AREA OF STUDY…………………………………………………………..    39

INSTRUMENT OF DATA COLLECTION…………………………..    40

VALIDATION OF INSTRUMENT……………………………………..      ..      40-41

METHOD FOR DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS……….         41

WEAKNESS OF METHODOLOGY………………………………….                41-42

SUMMARY……………………………………………………………             42-43

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS

EVOLUTION OF NEMA…………………………………………….             44-47

FUNCTIONS OF NEMA…………………………………………….             47-49

THE NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE PLAN………………..              49-53

HAZARD PROFILE IN NIGERIA………………………………….             53-56

ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE TOP 10 REPORTED

NATURAL DISASTERS IN NIGERIA……………………………..     57-63

EFFORTS OF NEMA IN MANAGING FLOOD DISASTERS

IN NIGERIA………………………………………………………….            64-66

THE BOMB EXPLOSION AT THE AMMUNITION TRANSIT

DEPOT IKEJA CANTONMENT……………………………………              66-69

ASSESSMENT OF THE DISASTER RESPONSE……………….              70-72

THE BELLVIEW PLANE CRASH…………………………………               72-74

ASSESSMENT OF THE DISASTER RESPONSE……………….              74-76

CHALLENGES CONFRONTATING NEMA IN EFFECTIVE

MANAGEMENT OF EMERGENCES AND DISASTERS……..         76-79

PROSPECTS OF EFFICIENT DISASTER

MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA……………………………………                79-81

ENDNOTES………………………………………………………..               82-87

CHAPTER FIVE

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

CONCLUSION………………………………………………………              88-90

RECOMMENDATIONS……………………………………………               90-91

ANNEX A……………………………………………………………              A-1- A-2

ANNEX B…………………………………………………………..               B-1-B-2

ANNEX C…………………………………………………………..               C-1-C-3

ANNEX D……………………………………………………………              D-1-D-3

ANNEX E……………………………………………………………              E-1-E-6

ANNEX F…………………………………………………………..                F-1-F-9

REFERENCES

BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………..                93-102

ABSTRACT

1.       The upsurge of disastrous events; both natural and man induced in the 1990s and 2000s in Nigeria has indeed been worrisome. Despite the establishment of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in 1999, the management of emergencies and disasters has left much to be desired. Although Nigeria has developed some measures of capacity in disaster response, the country still remains vulnerable to disasters due to a combination of factors, which include technological, environmental, political and climatic change combined with increasing population density.

DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL OF NEMA