The National Emergency Management Agency is an agency in Nigeria.[1] The agency focuses on disaster management in all parts of the country.[1] The agency was established in 1999,[2] and functions to formulate policies relating to disaster management in Nigeria.
Director generals included:
The agency coordinates with state-level emergency agencies called States’ Emergency Management Agencies, such as the Edo State Emergency Management Agency. These agencies were authorized by the NEMA act which created the national service.[4] As of 2011, 26 of the 36 states of Nigeria had state level agencies.[5]