By Mohamed Kandi
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has upgraded it Press Unit to a full-fledged Public Relations Division with additional responsibility of facilitating mutual relationships with major stakeholders as well as members of the public on activities of the agency.
The promotion, a press statement issued by the agency’s head of press and public relations stated, came after the approval of the Senior Management meeting of the agency chaired by the Director-General, Muhammad Sani-Sidi recently.
With the upgrade, the division is better positioned to discharge one of the core mandates of the agency in the enabling law which states that “NEMA should educate and inform the public on disaster prevention and control measures.”
The new development presents the PR division with more challenges and responsibilities, especially in public awareness and sensitization campaigns, while it is expected to sustained cordial relationship with all the channels of information dissemination including the print and electronic media as well as other online platforms.
Excited by the development, the head of the PR division, Yushau Shuaib said “we are excited with the new development which would further ensure that we discharge our duties professionally, responsibly and maturely without undue interferences due to the encouragement and supports from the helmsman.”
