NADMO HOLDS WORKSHOP IN SUNYANI (MIRROR, PAGE 25, MAY 22, 2010)

From Akwasi Ampratwum-Mensah, Sunyani

A Workshop for Municipal and District Co-ordinators of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in the Brong Ahafo Region has been organised in Sunyani with the view to enhancing the capacity of the participants for preventive and effective response to emergencies.
The co-ordinators are expected to return to their various locations and sensitise other stakeholders who would then be able to contribute meaningfully towards the prevention of disasters.
The theme for the workshop was “Prevention Pays”.
Mr Eric Opoku, the Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, who opened the function, suggested that educational authorities should introduce a course on disaster management for schools.
He stressed that if education was meant to prepare people for life, then it ought to take into account issues such as natural and man-made hazards, adding that “every community is vulnerable to a greater extent or lesser extent to the threat of loss of life and property as a result of a disaster”.
“In our quest to contain and curb natural and man-made disasters in our communities and the nation at large, new ideas should be imbibed by the citizenry to give them a high sense of responsibility. Both young and old, should adhere to preventive measures when it comes to disaster issues,” Mr Opoku said.
Mr. J.B. Nyarko, Brong Ahafo Regional Co-ordinator of NADMO, said the staff strength of the organisation in the region stood at 225 but gave the assurance that his outfit had intensified public education at all levels to create more awareness of disaster-related issues.