The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday, launched the N-Alert mobile application to help citizens in reaching out to security agencies across the country for swift intervention concerning crime, homicide or other security-related incidents.
According to the minister, the mobile application could have helped minimise the rate of human and infrastructural casualty during the infamous Kaduna-Abuja railway attack had a passenger alerted security agencies as at the time of the attack.
“It is practically impossible to kidnap school children numbering over 20 on motorbikes without people noticing it. If it had happened before, it would not happen again
Appealing to citizens not to abuse the mobile application by reporting fake emergencies, he said, “We appeal to the good people of Nigeria to not abuse the app as such will weaken the team’s response to genuine alerts.”
Also speaking at the event, the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, stated that his ministry would work in tandem with the Ministry of Interior for the success of the mobile security application.
