The Director Common of the Nationwide Disaster Administration Organisation (NADMO), Main Retired Dr Joseph Bikanyi Kuyon, has revealed that upon his appointment, he discovered the warehouse devoid of any aid provides.
Talking on the Scorching Subject programme on TV3, an Accra based mostly tv station on Sunday, Maj. Rtd. Dr Kuyon, when requested by the host in regards to the state of the shop or warehouse of NADMO when he assumed workplace, mentioned, “I inherited an empty warehouse, however rapidly, what I did was to speak to among the trusted suppliers to provide us some buffer inventory so we will be properly ready for the disasters forward.”
Though, he couldn’t give causes that had contributed to the empty warehouse he inherited, Maj. Rtd. Dr Kuyon said {that a} committee had been arrange by the organisation to conduct numerous audits, together with retailer and transport audit, and give you a report to elucidate why the warehouse was empty.
Based on him, any individual who can be discovered culpable in keeping with report can be handled in accordance with the regulation.
Furthermore, he defined that NADMO was ready to respond to any catastrophe which will happen, particularly, flooding, because the nation enter into the raining season, including that there have been sufficient aid objects in its warehome at present to be given out to those that can be affected.
Maj. Rtd. Dr Kuyon additionally malestioned that lack of warehouses throughout the areas to maintain equipment that might be wanted throughout disasters was a problem as equipment needed to be moved from the warehouse on the NADMO head workplace in Accra to catastrophe websites.
He once more identified that among the gear of NADMO had been stored on the Nationwide Safety and, subsequently, harassed the necessity to set up outfield NADMO warehouses that had been stationed strategically throughout the nation to boost its operations.
Moreover, he pledged to supervise the event of a proper scheme of service beneath his tenure to be able to assist handle the difficulty of labour turnover on the organisation as a consequence of poor condition of service.
The Director Common expressed concern over the shortage of authorized backing that might empower NADMO to implement practices that might have been infused into the social lifetime of the citizenry to assist forestall or mitigate disasters recorded within the nation.
Additionally, Maj. Rtd. Dr Kuyon said that the failure by successive governments to make sustainable the Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Fund, which was established by the late Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings in 1996, was a problem as NADMO needed to depend on the federal government for monetary help.
Furthermore, he famous {that a} price range of GH¢10 million had been allotted to NADMO for the acquisition of fine and providers for the 12 months. Nevertheless, he mentioned that NADMO was given the room to request for emergency purchases.
He elaborated that NADMO didn’t anticipate cash to hit its account when the organisation requested emergency purchases however instantly contacted its trusted suppliers to herald the products
BY BENJAMIN ARCTON-TETTEY
