NIGERIA (Abuja)- As the much anticipated National Conference commence today in Abuja, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) revealed on Monday that it has deployed emergency ambulances to the venue of the confab.

This was said by Mallam Sani Datti, Senior Information Officer of the agency during a chat with   News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the National Contingency Plan for Nigeria (NCP) instituted by NEMA would attend to any emergency at the conference.

He said the plan was drawn from stakeholders in disaster management.

Datti listed the stakeholders to include the Federal Fire Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigeria Red Cross Society, Federal Road Safety Commission, the police and other security agencies.

According to Datti, the contingency plan was developed by NEMA to enable it to respond promptly and effectively to disasters.

He said the plan was to enable NEMA to respond to disasters through a standard guideline for minimum response.

He explained that the NCP was established with programme objectives, approaches and procedures to respond to situations that might occur.