The Nigerian Communication Commission has set up emergency
communication centres in the Federal Capital Territory and seventeen
states.

The states are Benue, Kwara, Plateau, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Ogun,
Ekiti, Ondo and Oyo.


Others are Cross River, Imo, Enugu, Edo, Akwa Ibom, Anambra and Adamawa.

Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Umar Danbatta, stated this at a
security and emergency management award event in Abuja.

He added that the move was aimed at tackling security challenges in the country.
Mr. Danbatta said the commission had provided a toll-free emergency
telephone short code for members of the public to use in emergency
situations.
He gave the toll-free emergency code as 112.

According to him, the centres are one-stop shops for receiving
distress calls from the public and dispatching same to appropriate
response agencies that are expected to respond to the need of the
callers.

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