Vice President Kashim Shettima. Photo: X / @stanleynkwocha_
The Federal Government has said it would engage state governors and emergency response agencies to finalise plans for the nationwide adoption of 112 as Nigeria’s single emergency telephone number.
The move was disclosed in a statement released on Thursday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of the Vice President), Stanley Nkwocha.
The statement followed a meeting between a delegation from the Nigerian Communications Commission, led by the Chairman of its Governing Board, Chief Idris Ibikunle Olorunnimbe, and the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday.
It said the engagement came days after the National Economic Council, chaired by the Vice President, approved the adoption of 112 as the national emergency number across all levels of government and relevant agencies, as part of measures to build a unified national emergency response system.
