Nimet inadequate finance attributes, others extreme – Blueprint Newspapers Limited

The general manager /CEO, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (Nimet), Prof. Charles Anosike, has attributed unprecedented meteorological extremes in recent years to inadequate funding, access to the latest technologies, non -coordinated diffusion efforts and insecurity.

The DG while talking during the 2025 World Meteorological Day in Abuja on Monday with the theme: “Draw the early warning gap together”, said “we must recognize that the closure of the early warning gap requires everything that includes a strong collaboration”.

He also asked for coordination and cooperation between national and international partners, political, private sector and local communities, in particular young people, adding that the government alone cannot do it.

He also invited all interested parties in the chain of the value of climatic and climatic services to work together in sectors and edges.

This said he would assure that nobody is left behind in accessing the life -saving time and climate information.

He urged the students to take an active active in understanding the dynamics of time and climate, saying “your contributions will be fundamental to face the challenges to come”.

“It is our collective duty to reaffirm our commitment in strengthening early alarm systems and the construction of partnerships that improve economic and climate economic development and close the warning gaps together,” he said.

He said that the discussion on the first warnings would be incomplete without recognizing and paying homage to one of our and esteemed pioneers in many aspects of meteorology and climate science, Professor Godwin Olu Patrick Obasi, former secretary general, World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

According to him, Prof. Obasi was one of the first scientists to recognize the role of early warnings in the management of the risk of catastrophes. In his document entitled “The role of Wmo in the international decade for the reduction of natural catastrophes”, Prof. Obasi highlighted the critical importance of research, observation, forecasts and collaborations in improving alarm systems, risk assessment, technological exchange, public information and training.

He said this resonates with the theme of 2025 World Meteorological Day “fill the war gaps together”.

In addition, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), representative of North and West Africa, Bernard Gomez, said that one of the key pillars for the future observed was the establishment of centers of excellence in Nigeria.

He said that Nigeria was working hard to increase the number of regional training centers and to host specialized centers such as a regional wireless center and a numerical meteorological forecasting center.

He said these centers would play a crucial role in modeling the next generation of meteorologists, but they needed experts to keep and develop them.

He underlined the importance of the participation of experts in international weather commissions.

He said that the African representation in these organisms was currently low and if African experts did not come forward to fill the gap, the continent risked being left behind.

He has challenged those present not only to contribute locally, but to be active participants in global discussions and weather decisions.