{"id":17833,"date":"2024-12-16T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/?p=17833"},"modified":"2024-12-16T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:00:13","slug":"nema-cautions-public-against-bush-burning-during-harmattan-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/nema-cautions-public-against-bush-burning-during-harmattan-season\/","title":{"rendered":"NEMA cautions public against bush burning during harmattan season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned the public against bush burning during the harmattan season .<\/p>\n<p>Edo State NEMA\u2019s Head of Operations, Ojuedene Kenoma, cautioned the public on the disadvantages of burning bush in the harmattan season at a workshop aimed at training local government officials and volunteers in disaster prevention, response and control measures.<\/p>\n<p>He said,<em> \u201cDisasters such as tanker accidents, fire outbreaks, or other emergencies occur unexpectedly. It is essential to cultivate a culture of preparedness, awareness and effective response, particularly at the grassroots.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The workshop was aimed at teaching them how to address such disasters during the harmattan season. He further urged the volunteers to teach the local communities these measures.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Fire Service Superintendent, Asimu Sumaila urged the public to take full responsibility for fire safety.<\/p>\n<p>He urged them to ensure that they make use of the fire extinguishers and adhere to other safety measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned the public against bush burning during the harmattan season . Edo State NEMA\u2019s Head of Operations, Ojuedene Kenoma, cautioned the public on the disadvantages of burning bush in the harmattan season at a workshop aimed at training local government officials and volunteers in disaster prevention, response and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[2095,2096,276],"class_list":{"0":"post-17833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local","8":"tag-bush-burning","9":"tag-harmattan-season","10":"tag-national-emergency-management-agency-nema"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17833"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17836,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17833\/revisions\/17836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}