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NATIONAL LEVEL
Since inception in 1999, NEMA has been active in providing timely relief assistance to victims both at national and international levels. The Agency has provided relief materials to disaster victims from various states across the country in response to various emergencies within the country. The advent of democracy in 1999 brought about a renewed agitation for human rights and equity. The period also witnessed a great of number of ethno/communal crisis. The result is that there has been a tremendous pressure for assistance from the Federal Government to disaster victims through NEMA's broad based intervention activities.
The Agency, has also undertaken the resettlement of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). An estimated 2,928 returnees were kept in camp for three days, fed, and were given relief materials and medical attention and assisted with transport fares to return to their various states. There is also an on-going evacuation of about 17,000 Nigerians that fled Mambilla Plateau and adjourning areas due to communal clashes to seek refuge in Cameroon. Now that there is peace in the area, they are being assisted to go back to their states of origin.

AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
On the foreign scene, the Agency has intervened in the evacuation and rehabilitation of returnees from foreign countries. These include countries like Cote D'lvoire, Liberia, Sudan, Morocco and Thailand. The Agency has also assisted countries that have suffered from Disasters like earthquake and also famine as a result of war like; Algeria, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

National Disaster Response Plan

The National Disaster Response Plan (NDRP) was prepared within the span of two years through researches and analysis of experts from different fields with relevance to disaster management. The document has been approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to serve as a policy guideline for disaster management in Nigeria.
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Disaster Reaction Units

In a bid to further decentralize disaster management, efforts are being made to create and activate Disaster Reaction Units (DRUs). These are designated military units established through the instrument of the National Disaster Response Plan (NDRP) and charged with the responsibility of providing immediate assistance to civil authorities to reduce further loss of lives and property as well as human suffering during a National Disaster. The DRU is comprised of designated units of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. The extensive organizational structure and numerous locations of the Armed Forces have been used in the constitution of the DRUs. These units are used to ensure that every area of the country is effectively covered considering the ability of the military to respond swiftly and effectively because of their specialized skills.