Few days after what is believed
to be earth tremors hit parts of Abuja, including Mpape, Maitama, Gwarinpa and
Kubwa, the FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has expressed uncertainty
over the cause.
Recall that the tremor instilled
fear in residents, and resulting in confusion.
Mr Idris Abass, the
Director-General of the agency told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday
in Abuja, that the agency was yet to establish whether it was man-made or
natural.
He, however, said that if it was
a natural phenomenon, nothing would stop it because it could only stop on its
own.
“Like the information we earlier
passed, it only happened for a while and stopped, but today we are happy to
report that there is no case of the tremor again.’’
The D-G said that it had not been
established whether the tremor was man-made or natural, stressing that if it
was natural, it was bound to happen again after 12 years.
“If it is caused by the
activities of those who are blasting and drilling boreholes around the areas,
it can also reoccur.
Abass, however, said that the
activities of the drillers had since been stopped, adding that if it was
man-made it should not reoccur until their activities returned.
“We are carrying out adequate
steps to determine what happened last week; maybe it is a natural cause, but we
want to assure the public that Nigeria is not on the zone of earthquakes.
“Some people are arguing that
tremor is an earthquake, earthquake is the total destruction of activities,
buildings and the earth itself.
“From what we have seen, there is
no trace of any crack on the wall or on the earth when the shaking occurred,’’
he said.
He said that FEMA would
collaborate with other agencies, especially the Geological Survey of Nigeria to
ensure that it understands the situation.
“On our own part, we are
developing the response plan for this kind of emergency disaster.’’
He said that FEMA would embark on
advocacy and sensitization to the general public to tell them what to do and
not to do.
Yet to understand? ...and you have been receiving billions of tax payers money to run the agency. It is a shame! If you check 80% of the people working there were employed just because they know someone or based on other sundry consideration not based on merit. That is the Nigerian story ? Oga then can you tell Nigerians the reason why your agency should exist?
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