Abstract
Poverty level in Nigeria is at variance with the country’s immense wealth and natural disasters are on the increase and claiming lives as well as properties. This paper looks at the use of space base technology in disaster management and how disaster management can be integrated into poverty reduction to help reduce the vulnerability of poor and protect their livelihoods and development gains. It starts by conceptualizing poverty and vulnerability and proceeds to examine Nigeria’s economy, poverty and natural disaster. Thereafter, the paper looks at the introduction of space technology in disaster mitigation and management in Nigeria and the challenges associated with it. Suggestions are made for effective use of space technology for disaster management and poverty reduction in Nigeria.
Highlights
Nigeria is endowed with enormous human and natural resources which if efficiently harnessed and managed will ensure that Nigeria's immense potentials are realized
The paradox is that the poverty level in Nigeria is at variance with the country’s immense wealth
Much wider recognition is needed of the fact that natural disasters, storms and floods, are becoming endemic and that their increasing frequency and severity can slash economic growth and development in Nigeria
Summary
Nigeria is endowed with enormous human and natural resources which if efficiently harnessed and managed will ensure that Nigeria's immense potentials are realized. Development is not just a matter of growth in income per capita, as it is possible to record high growth rate in income per capita, while the people continue to live in abject poverty; lacking the basic necessities of life. This is a situation peculiar to Nigeria today. Much wider recognition is needed of the fact that natural disasters, storms and floods, are becoming endemic and that their increasing frequency and severity can slash economic growth and development in Nigeria. The paper examines Nigeria’s use of space technology in its disaster management efforts with the view of reducing poverty. Section five looks at Nigeria’s space programme, challenges and way forward while section six concludes
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