By William Yaw Owusu
Wednesday, 27 September 2006
THE National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Co-ordinator, George Isaac Amoo, has called for the integration of disaster management organizations in the West Africa sub-region to collectively manage disasters effectively.
"Disasters go beyond earthquakes, and Tsunamis to encompass pandemics and drought. We should therefore not relent in our efforts to integrate our contingencies and share a common platform in disaster management."
Mr Amoo was speaking to newsmen at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra on Sunday on his arrival from Bonn, Germany where he attended a two-day conference on disaster management organized by the European Union.
The three-member delegation was led by Mr Albert Kan Dapaah, Minister of the Interior. Ghana, Angola and Cameroun were the only three countries from Africa invited to participate in the event.
Mr Amoo said the European approach to and experience in disaster management was worthy of emulation and "we will use this platform to galvanise the interest of all stakeholders so that we can act more appropriately."
He said the application of information technology in disaster prevention and management was another area that Ghana should not take for granted. "With little expertise we can make a headway."
Mr Amoo said NADMO through the Ministry of the Interior will present a proposal to government to support the integration process.
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