NCC to provide employment through Emergency Communication Centres

By Joy Baba-Yesufu, Abuja

Authorities of the Nigerian Communications Commission has said beyond providing essential emergency response services to the Nigerian public, the Emergency Communications Centres (ECC), being implemented by the commission now provide employment placements for many Nigerian youth and professionals, as well as offering informal business activities to the citizens across the Country.
ECCs, which have been constructed and are now fully operational in a total of 27 State Capitals across the country, are reachable on Toll-Free Number 112, and are operating in similar design like the 911 Emergency Numbers in some developed parts of the world, to provide succor to individuals, who are witnesses or under distress of emergency, arising from fire outbreaks, robbery or violent attacks, domestic and road accidents, health crisis, to instantly reach response agencies through the toll-free three (3) digit numbers, 112.
A statement by the Director, Public Affairs of the commission Mr. Rueben Mouka said the commission provided technology platforms such as Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems for the respective response agencies such as police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Fire Service, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Ambulance Service, and State Emergency Management Agencies (SEMA) to facilitate the dispatch of emergency calls through the national emergency toll-free number 112.