Disaster Risk Redunction Measures In Nigeria: Issues, Trends and Dynamics-2015-2020

This paper seeks to analyses Nigeria’s disaster risk reduction measures with a view to coming up with result-oriented approach aimed at enhancing efficient disaster risk reduction measures system in Nigeria. Citizens in Nigeria particularly that resides in flood prone areas often experience one form of disaster or the other. The commonest in this part of the word is flood with attendant human ecocatastrophe. The Nigerian Governments have in past years set up a national plan of action to mitigate the consequences of disaster. Despite the humongous resources expended, the outcomes have left so much to be desired. In a bid to achieve the above objective, the paper adopted the system theory model as a theoretical framework in an attempt to encourage the development and implementation of an all-round disaster risk reduction system. Also, the study adopted the secondary sources of data collection for the research methodology through the use of text books, journals, bulleting, reports and government archrivals. On the whole, the research findings indicate that there is huge gap between the objectives of disaster risk reduction measures and outcomes despite the Nigerian government commitments. Therefore, the paper recommended a total review of the disaster risk reduction measures in Nigeria with a view to reversing the ugly trends and prevailing realities in mitigating the devastating effect of disaster on the citizenry.