A serving youth corper in Minna, Niger state by name Mr. Musa
Bello has designed and launched a road
safety awareness and Emergency Distress call Centre Mobile Application that can
be downloaded on the Google play store reports daily trust. Bello said at the
launch of the application on Wednesday in Minna that the application would
display the location of the caller so that emergency managers could come to his
or her aid faster.
The corps member who is a graduate of computer science from the
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna and serving with the Nigeria Television
Authority, said: “I developed this application as part of my personal CDS; it
can be used to call all emergency phone numbers. “The numbers we have now on the app are the national
emergency numbers: those of the
police, Red Cross, fire service, National Emergency Management Agency and
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Niger State,” Bello said.
“There was a day I was travelling and an accident occurred; I had
to start calling a friend for FRSC toll-free distress numbers. “But with apps
like this, you can easily call and it will even display your location for them
to see and come to your aid,” he added. Bello disclosed that the application
contained safety and rescue tips for children, adding that the application
would be simple to use.
Commenting on the project, the Niger State NYSC Co-ordinator, Mrs
Bolade Loto, who was represented by Mr Michael Macaulay, applauded Bello for
the initiative and urged corps members to execute projects that would meet the
needs of their host communities. On her part, a special marshal, Hajiya Maryam
Abdulsalam, commended the innovation, and assured that it would go a long way
to save lives.
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