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THE Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has activated 122 toll-free emergency telephone lines at the Emergency Telephone Number at Emergency Communication Centres, ECCs, in 18 States of the federation.
Professor Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, EVC, NCC, made this known at the ‘2020 Forum of Spokesperson of Security and Response Agencies, FOSSRA, meeting’, on Wednesday, in Abuja. Each of the ECC is equipped with eleven workstations, six dispatch workstations for the response agencies, and a server system that receives and processes 112-calls from members of the public, and then dispatches the calls to the appropriate agency that has responsibility to attend to the specific emergency, among other facilities.
Realnews reports that the States with functional ECCs are Kastina, Ogun, Kano, Plateau, Anambra, Enugu, Kaduna, Benue, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Oyo, Edo, Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara, Adamawa and Imo and the Federal Capital Territory.
According to Danbatta, efforts are ongoing to activate ECCs in the remaining states of the federation.
During the meeting, the EVC lauded the military and security agencies in Nigeria for their patriotic zeals in securing the nation’s territorial integrity and pledged full support to FOSSRA to actualise its objectives.
Earlier, Brigadier General Clement Onyema Nwachukwu, chairman of FOSSRA and director Defence Information, praised the commission for setting up distress call centres to enhance security through rapid responses of relevant agencies to victims of emergency situations, adding that the military and security agencies have tackled armed banditry, terrorism and other criminal activities in the country.
– Jan. 31, 2020 @ 11:59 GMT |
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