The Nigeria internal security and public safety alerts system (NISPSAS) smartphone application was launched by the federal government to deliver warnings to security agencies.
The ministry of interior issued a statement on Thursday confirming this.
The minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, launched the app at the ministry’s headquarters.
Many attacks could have been prevented if security agencies had been reported in real time, according to the minister, who added that this motivated the creation of a forum for the public to contact with security organisations.
“One noticeable lacuna is information and timely alert of the security agencies to incidents of crimes, breach of security, and natural disasters before they happen or while they are going on. In most cases, they would have been prevented or mitigated if the alert had come in time,” he said.
“As part of the response to this challenge, the ministry of interior has therefore developed an application, a technological innovation that works with the smart mobile phone or any other device with Android or IOS capability, to send alerts to all security agencies in real time.
“The initiative is in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s policy of making the security of lives and property of Nigerians a priority.
“It is also part of the objective of leveraging on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in doing government business and operations.”
Aregbesola stated that the programme is free to use for Nigerians, but that it can only be used on smart devices for the time being.
“The app utilises a combination of audio-visual and geospatial location identification of the caller and scenes of incidents on the ministry inter-agency situation room (MISR),” he said.
“It also works on the command and control centres, dashboards of the four services, that is, immigration service, correctional service, federal fire service, civil defence as well as police headquarters for joint inter-agency operations.”
On the Android or iOS playstore, search for ‘NISPSAS’ to get the app.
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