Sunday, February 22, 2009

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA NADMO CLUB ORGANISES SEMINAR ON DISASTER.


The University of Ghana Disaster management club has organised a day seminer on disaster mangement on campus Accra. The seminar was under the theme "Managing disaser and preventing of disaster on campus the role of the student".Speaking at the seminar the president of the club Mr. Evans Adjei said it was important for student to know that,the fact that disaster prevention and management lies in the hands of every human being however should be of concern to all because it affect anyone at anytime. "It is with this reason that the club finds it very important in educating student on disaster to create positive awearness and to train students on how to prevent and mitigate disaster on campus in particulaur and thie own communities in general ". Mr. Adjei called on school authorities to provide all blocks of the halls and bush canteen with fire extinguishers as presently there was non to help prevent fight fire any time there is one.Students participated in discussions such as the safety and prevention of fires lead by Mr.Evans OSei Owusu of the safety department and the Ghana Fire Service and was also led by A .S. P James Akwei of the Ghana Police headquaters in the role of the police during disaster.Mrs. Diana Boateng,Director in-charge of disaster at the National Disaster Management Organisation thanked all resource persons for the excellent lecture and called on the student to plant more trees on campus which in general also serves a disaster preventive tool.

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