NiMet Boss Urges IRC To Attract Ai, Data Analytics Training For Personnel
The Director General, Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Charles Anosike has charged the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to leverage the relationship with big tech companies to attract Ai and data analytics training for NiMet staff.
Anosike made this call during a recent courtesy visit by the Governance Coordinator of IRC, Mrs. Dorcas Kingsley David and her team to NiMet headquarters in Abuja.
A statement from NiMet says the agency and IRC, which works in more than 50 countries and in 28 United States cities to help people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives, have said that the two agencies will strengthen their collaboration.
In his speech, Prof. Anosike said the visit by the IRC team presented a good opportunity for the two agencies to strengthen their collaboration in different areas as Nigeria gets set for the rainy season.
“We see good opportunities to integrate NiMet’s seasonal climate prediction (SCP) information into the various activities of IRC as it will give NiMet the opportunity to receive feedback directly from the farmers and communities”.
Continuing, Prof. Anosike said; “There are further opportunities to partner with IRC in research and develop a document together. We cannot talk about socio-economic development without adequate climate resilient data”.
Concluding, Prof. Anosike charged IRC to leverage their relationship with big tech companies to attract Ai and data analytics training for NiMet staff.
Responding, Mrs. David said NiMet and IRC have been collaborating since 2020.
“IRC appreciates NiMet for all the support. We need further support on flood- trigger workshops from NiMet where we share information to the communities telling them what to expect and what to do if there is flood.
IRC wants to ensure that it partners properly with agencies such as NiMet in its work as weather and climate change continue to impact on the lives of people. We are inviting the DG/CEO of NiMet and other senior NiMet staff to visit some of IRC’s locations in the communities”, Mrs. David concluded.
