By Stella Enenche, Abuja
The Global Risk Modelling Alliance (GRMA) and Nigerian Meteorological Agency( NiMet) has disclosed plans to partner in creating and enhancing access to risk data and models.
This development was revealed on Thursday when Alastair Norris and Renuka Srinivasan from GRMA paid a courtesy visit on the Director General, NiMet, Professor Charles Anosike, in Abuja.
According to the team from GRMA,
the proposed partnership will also cover application of open source platforms and open standards designed to inform risk financing, and providing technical assistance via strategic and operational projects co-defined with key stakeholders in Nigeria.
On his part, Prof. Anosike, said “Nimet welcomes the idea of the proposed partnership with GRMA to support our efforts and improve our forecasting and dissemination capacity”.
He further stated that the agency provides early warnings to farmers and other stakeholders by downscaling and disseminating the seasonal climate prediction (SCP).
Anosike also highlighted that pilot briefings and daily advisories on weather and climate conditions are other ways NiMet provides early warnings to the aviation sector.
The Global Risk Modelling Alliance (GRMA) is a technical assistance programme funded by the German government.
GRMA leverages public and private sector risk expertise to enhance capabilities in vulnerable communities to undertake risk analytics.
Falemi Ayodeji of The National Council on Climate Change, NCCC, accompanied the GRMA team during the courtesy visit.
Mrs Gloria Onyegbule, Director, Department of Applied Meteorological Services (DAMS), and Mr James Ijampy, Chief Meteorologist at NiMet, were also present.
