12
Apr
The Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Eric Nana Agyeman-Prempeh, has called for a strategic shift from a one-directional system to a multi-hazard approach to manage disasters. He said such a move was necessary in the wake of the frequency and intensity of disasters in Ghana. He said technology and collaboration were key enablers in developing and implementing a multi-hazard approach to early warning response and disaster risk reduction. “The devastating fire and flood disaster of June 3, 2015, in Accra is a classic example of a multi-disaster emergency that requires advanced technology to deal with it,” he…