The Bono Regional Office of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has held stakeholder's meeting to devise realistic strategies to avert recurring disasters and flooding as the rains set-in.

Attended by security services, heads of Departments and Agencies and other stakeholders, the meeting was to commemorate the 2025 celebration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR).

The IDDRR was started in 1989, after a call by the United National General Assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction.

Held annually on October 13, the day celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reining in the risk that they face.

Addressing the meeting, Mrs Fati Kine-Lam, the Bono Regional Director of the NADMO urged government, private sector players, policy makers, development partners and donors to rather prioritize, and invest in resilient and incident-free systems than recovery and relief items support.

She pleaded with all stakeholders to see the need to invest and improve disaster mitigation measures like tree planting, modern drainage systems and proper sanitation and waste management.

Mr David Nar-Ire Puobenyere, the Bono Regional Coordinating Director regretted that the nation like many countries across was faced with disasters of recurring floods, bushfires and diseases outbreak.

Dr Joseph Asako Azumyarn, a lecturer and the Head of Department for Fire Safety and Disaster Management of the University of Energy and Natural Resources called on the stakeholders to support the nationwide fight against illegal mining

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