Abstract
Early warning in disaster management is not taken seriously by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). There are plethora of disasters ranging from flood, fire outbreak, erosion and many others in Nigeria. In spite of the fact that the incidences of the disasters come now and again, they were still treated with levity. The ugly situation motivated this study which is “Interrogating disaster management in the south east Nigeria: Problems and way forward. The study adopted qualitative research method and specifically, content analysis was used as mode of analysis.Focus group discussion guide and in-depth interview also were used to elicit data from respondents. The data complemented the analysis.Findings revealed that there has never been animplementable institutional/policy framework chatted over the years to nip the ugly incidents in the bud. Also, the management of NEMA appears to be disconnected from the people since many emergency calls by victims were treated with ignominy
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