Director General of the Nasarawa state Emergency Management Agency (NASEMA), Barr. Zakary Allumaga, has confirmed that humanitarian disaster has reduced drastically in the state compare to previous years.
He stated this on Thursday, in his office in Lafia while briefing journalists on the success story so far in the agency.
He explained that the drastic reduction of disaster in the state is a good mark, particularly in the area of humanitarian crises when you find one tribe against another or one community against another.
He said the agency was fully aware that its responsibility is to deal with disaster of any form and it will not relent on its efforts towards that.
He said so far the ministry of humanitarian services has distributed food items to some affected communities while his agency would distribute building materials to 17 communities, across five local government areas affected by disaster.
Allumaga decried that what is currently happening in Afo land is no longer acceptable issue and should not be one that any person should condone at all where one community of the same tribe the same brothers and sisters fighting themselves.
“I am particular in this case referring to the crisis in Afo land, that’s the crises in Udege, it is unfortunate that some people killed others, houses were burnt and there was retaliation.
He noted that 50 per cent of the crises was mere criminality and called on people of Afo land to continue to be in peace with one another so that development can thrive.
The DG also recalled the Omboste saga in the state, saying that the Omboste group have suffered very well as they still have houses every where they cannot reclaim.
He, however, cautioned the parties in Afo crises to learn from the Omboste crisis and take the option of peace for the benefit of all.
