NSCDC Introduces mobile app, N-alert, to tackle gender based violence | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has introduced a Nigerian Internal Security and Public Safety Alert System (N-Alerts), for the report of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) before, during and after the general election.

Launched by the Minister of Women’s Affairs, Pauline Tallen and the Commandant General, NSCDC, associate professor Ahmed Audi, the mobile app is expected to be deployed for the elections and in schools for the protection of women and girls.

He said that there has also been a high level of collaboration between sister agencies which gives hope for a free, fair and transparent election. According to him, the agency has embarked on programmes and policies that will boost the capacity of Female Security Personnel to compete favourably with their male counterparts.

She said that unveiling the School SGBV mobile app will further protect female students from sexual abuse, cultists and other forms of attacks in their academic settings.

 

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