Let's use the 7411 to help Fight Boko Haram - Send in your distress Calls

Ms. Denise Cann, chief operating officer, 411ng.com, the company that developed 7411-national directory services has said that the service is open and can be used as counter terrorism number into which the entire nation may dial into at the hour of need.

She said that such distress calls or emergency will be forwarded to police or the joint task force as the case may be for rapid intervention.

“We work with major companies like Google GPS, NigComSat, CBN, Glo1 and Main one to achieve these noble feat”


7411 national directory services went live thanks to the efforts of the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) and is multi-lingual services of highly interactive voice responses offered in English, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, French, Spanish and German over the phone.

Commenting further, Mr. Matt Howard, head technical and integration, said that the service is “capable of connecting to all emergency units, and such would not deprive the citizens of Nigeria the right to instant help at critical time of need.”
http://www.nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng/news/new-7411-national-directory-number-tackles-terrorism

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