CHAPTER ONE1.0INTRODUCTION "Disaster management" can be defined as the range of activities designed tomaintain control over disaster and emergency situations and to provide a framework forhelping at-risk persons to avoid or recover from the impact of the disaster. Disastermanagement deals with situations that occur prior to, during, and after the disaster.Globally, there has been lots of disaster on land, air and sea, though these disasters maybe natural or man-made, it has however led to the destruction of lives and propertiesworth billions of Naira. In Nigeria, there have been instance of earth tremors in Ogun state in 1994, severalcases of flood has occurred in Nigeria, in July 2012, 363 people killed, over 2,100,000displaced, Areas affected include, Adamawa, Taraba, Plateau, and Benue state. On 2ndJuly 2012, many Nigerian coastal and inland cities experienced heavy rains, and residentsof Lagos state were "gasping for breath" due to the flooding. In addition, there was agridlock on major roads, causing people to cancel or postpone appointments they mayhave had. Thousands of stranded commuters had to pay increased fares for the few busdrivers who were willing to risk travelling on the roads, and construction of work by theNigerian government on the inner Oke-Afa Road took a "heavy toll." In mid-July 2012,flooding in the Ibadan metropolis caused some residents at Challenge, Oke-Ayo, andEleyele to flee from their residences and save their lives. The flooding also preventedsome Christians from attending churches in the morning, while a few bridges caved in.The Nigerian government said that certain structures on waterways had to be demolishedas a result of the flooding, while Commissioner for Information and Orientation, BosunOladele, announced that there weren't any casualties from the flooding. Although, most1 of the disasters that Nigerians face are generally preventable, such as aircraft crash, boatmishap, floods, landslides, fire out breaks, oil spillage etc, can actually be prevented.Disaster is an event, natural or man-made, sudden or progressive, which impactswith such severity that the affected community or individual has to respond by takingexceptional measures. Disaster Management is the systematic observation and analysis of disasters toimprove measures relating to prevention, mitigation, preparedness, emergency responseand recovery. It is also the range of activi
