Nigerians made 34m emergency calls in eight months | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

From January to August, 2021, about 34 million calls were made by Nigerians, who were seeking succor during emergencies or under any circumstance posing security issue and unrest within their communities.

Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission , Prof. Umar Danbatta, made this known yesterday in Abuja, at a two-day All Nigerian Editors Conference with the theme: “Media in Times of Crisis: Resolving Conflict, Achieving Consensus.” According to him, the Centres have been transforming lives and helping many citizens in handling emergencies and serious crisis situation through instant dispatch of emergency calls received, to Response Agencies.

Danbatta recalled that in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic crisis in Nigeria, over 1,500 calls bordering on COVID-19-related issue were received and processed by the ECC.

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