Nigeria: Poor Response, Bane of Disaster Management -VP

26 September 2008

Abuja — The Vice-President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has said that the huge losses incurred in the event of disaster are worsened by the haphazard response and recovery mechanism with which operations had been conducted.

Jonathan stated this, yesterday at the Presidential Villa, on the occasion of the signing ceremony of the Search, Rescue and Epidemic Evacuation Plan for Nigeria .

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