«Disasters are a combination of accidents and vulnerabilities and we will accelerate degassing work while strengthening the lake Nyos dam in 2010. We are working within the limits of human nature and hopeful that 2010 prevention activities will progress to make the lake area safe and secure for habitation so that survivors can return to their ancestral land in about two years”. That was the message that the visiting Minister of State in charge of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, Marafa Hamidou Yaya took to the population of the disaster area on March 22,2010. In effect, 24 years after the killer lake took the lives of 1.800 people the 3rd pilot Steering Committee of the lake Nyos programme emerged with decisions that comfort and reassure survivors.
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