The Senate has called on the National
Emergency Management Agency and other
relevant government agencies to take proactive
measures on the repeated earth tremor in some
parts of Kaduna State.
According to the Senate, this measure should
include educating Nigerians on what to expect
and how to react when tremor occurs.
While adopting a three-prayer motion sponsored
by Senator Danjuma La’ah (APC, Kaduna-South)
titled ‘Earth Tremor and the Preparedness of
Nigeria to Deal with its Intending Consequences,’
the Senate urged all stakeholders to take the
earth tremor being recorded in parts of the
country seriously.
The lawmakers also urged NEMA and security
agencies to intervene through public
enlightenment and drills to be prepared, saying
minimal resources would be required at the
warning stage.
The Senate mandated the Committee on
Environment and Solid Minerals to make a fact-
finding tour of the affected communities and
report to the chamber.
La’ah, while moving his motion, stated that he
was saddened that the tremor had left in its trail
a traumatic experience to the inhabitants of Kwoi
and its environs. He added that the tremor had
also caused serious cracks in buildings, thereby
making their habitation fearful and dangerous.
The Senator recalled that the first widely
reported occurrence of an earth tremor in Nigeria
was in 1933. He said other tremors were
reported in 1939,1964, 1984, 1990, 1994, 1997,
2000 and 2006.
La’ah further recalled that following the tremor
that occurred on September 11, 2009 which was
recorded in Oyo and other parts of the South-
West and with the recent ones in Bayelsa and
Kaduna states, researchers had warned that the
incidences were signs that Nigeria was no longer
immune to earthquake.
According to the senator, the Lagos-Ibadan-
Ijebu-Ode fault system was another belt where
an earth tremor was witnessed in July and
August 1984, stressing that these fault system
could serve as a zone of weakness for the
propagation of shocks from far away plate
boundaries.
The Senate has called on the National
Emergency Management Agency and other
relevant government agencies to take proactive
measures on the repeated earth tremor in some
parts of Kaduna State.
According to the Senate, this measure should
include educating Nigerians on what to expect
and how to react when tremor occurs.
While adopting a three-prayer motion sponsored
by Senator Danjuma La’ah (APC, Kaduna-South)
titled ‘Earth Tremor and the Preparedness of
Nigeria to Deal with its Intending Consequences,’
the Senate urged all stakeholders to take the
earth tremor being recorded in parts of the
country seriously.
The lawmakers also urged NEMA and security
agencies to intervene through public
enlightenment and drills to be prepared, saying
minimal resources would be required at the
warning stage.
The Senate mandated the Committee on
Environment and Solid Minerals to make a fact-
finding tour of the affected communities and
report to the chamber.
La’ah, while moving his motion, stated that he
was saddened that the tremor had left in its trail
a traumatic experience to the inhabitants of Kwoi
and its environs. He added that the tremor had
also caused serious cracks in buildings, thereby
making their habitation fearful and dangerous.
The Senator recalled that the first widely
reported occurrence of an earth tremor in Nigeria
was in 1933. He said other tremors were
reported in 1939,1964, 1984, 1990, 1994, 1997,
2000 and 2006.
La’ah further recalled that following the tremor
that occurred on September 11, 2009 which was
recorded in Oyo and other parts of the South-
West and with the recent ones in Bayelsa and
Kaduna states, researchers had warned that the
incidences were signs that Nigeria was no longer
immune to earthquake.
According to the senator, the Lagos-Ibadan-
Ijebu-Ode fault system was another belt where
an earth tremor was witnessed in July and
August 1984, stressing that these fault system
could serve as a zone of weakness for the
propagation of shocks from far away plate
boundaries.
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