—As VP Shettima directs relevant stakeholders, agencies to develop roadmap for NEC’s endorsement
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA— THE Federal Government on Tuesday, directed stakeholders and relevant agencies to design a comprehensive operational roadmap for the nationwide rollout of the 112 national emergency number.
Accordingly, it constituted a committee comprising the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), and other relevant agencies to finalise the roadmap and standard operating procedures for formal endorsement of the National Economic Council (NEC).
Recall that NEC had recently approved the 112 as Nigeria’s single universal toll-free emergency number to replace fragmented and slow response lines, with a view to eliminating bureaucratic red tape and allow citizens easy access to rapid help during fires, accidents, medical crises, or security breaches.
