By Nosa Aituamen
The Director General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) Prof Mansur Matazu says the agency’s collaborations with various partners, to co-produce and deliver user-defined impact-based products and services remained accurate, reliable and timely.
Prof. Matazu stated this after being conferred with Fellow of Risk Managers Society of Nigeria, (RIMSON) as well as the Distinguish Service Award by the Rotary Club of Abuja Metro (RCAM).
According to the NiMet boss almost across all continents of the world, humanitarian crisis is on the increase, requiring cooperation and various levels of partnership to overcome.
He observed that, the national development of any nation was in jeopardy in an atmosphere of chaos, diseases, disaster, epidemics, food insecurity, hazard among others.
Prof. Matazu noted that Rotary Club as a non governmental organization and a non profit humanitarian service provider was commendable especially with the many challenges being experienced in the world today
He noted that in the heart of solution is the Rotary international supporting global efforts at improving quality of lives and building international relationships.
According to Matazu the new president of the Rotary Club, Rotarian Ifeanyi Nnodu, was an effective pillar of progress in NiMet until his retirement as a worthy Director of Weather Forecasting Services.
The RCAM is the biggest Rotary Club in Africa with membership of over 200 from various professions
The decision by the Board of Trustees and the Executive Management of RIMSON to confer the Award of the Fellow of Risk Managers Society of Nigeria on Professor Matazu was done in recognition of his integrity, professionalism, commitment and contribution to Risk Management as well as the contribution of NiMet to preventing and mitigating disasters in Nigeria under his leadership.
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