Yobe SEMA Receives Sokoto Counterpart On Learning Visit

The Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has received a delegation from the Sokoto state counterpart on learning visit.

The Yobe SEMA as part of the five-day learning visit took an advocacy tour to the office of the Executive Director Yobe Network for Civil Society Organisation and Head office of UN OCHA and undertook lecture sessions and practicals

While at the Network office, the Director and program heads took Sokoto SEMA team through issues around advocacy, Coordination and resource mobilisation.

He emphasized on the need to strengthen Coordination and build sustainable plan.

While at OCHA, the head of office review the concept of Humanitarian Principles, how donor operate and why they operate in conflict environment.  

He further advised the Sokoto SEMA team to be always guided by humanitarian principles and open up to working as a team. 

He called on them to adopt advocacy and inclusion as core guidance in delivering thier objectives. 

The Yobe SEMA Executive Secretary later took the team through presentation of the "Journey so far: Organogram, E-SEMA, Resource mobilization, Operations, Success Stories, Challenges and Lessons learned".

He further presented on the "2022 Flood Reports and Response across Yobe State and use of software to generate data in the field."

The Sokoto SEMA Team leader while thanking the facilitators for the success recorded so far, said they feel more convinced that the learning visit is worthwhile and thank Yobe State Government for providing the enabling environment.