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