The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has denied claims that its warehouse in Abuja was looted by some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday morning.
News reports on Sunday morning, said some FCT residents, who were faced with hinder and economic challenges had broken into a warehouse reportedly owned by NEMA.
However, NEMA in a statement by its Press Unit and posted on its X handle @namanigeria debunked the news reports, saying “the looted warehouse does not belong to NEMA.”
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“The attention of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has been drawn to media reports on Sunday alleging that the Agency’s warehouse was looted by some hoodlums in Abuja.
“This is to clarify that the looted warehouse does not belong to NEMA. However, the Agency sympathizes with owners of the looted facility.
“To forestall any security breach at NEMA facilities, the Director General, Mustapha Ahmed has directed Zonal Directors and Heads of Operations to strengthen security in and around the Agency’s offices and warehouses nationwide,” the statement reads.
Under the National Emergency Management Agency (Establishment) Act as amended, NEMA has been delegated the primary responsibility for coordinating Federal emergency preparedness, planning, management, and disaster assistance functions.
Thr agency stores food items and other necessities of life in their warehouses across the 36 states and FCT, in prepreparation for any emergency situation.
