Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- The Senate has passed a bill to establish the Nationwide Emergency Communications Service.

The lawmakers approved '112' as the nationwide toll-free emergency number as the primary emergency telephone number in the country.

The passage of the Nationwide Toll-Free Emergency Number (Establishment) Bill, 2021, was sequel to the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Communications.

The report was presented by Biodun Olujimi (Ekiti South) on behalf of the Chairman of the Committee, Oluremi Tinubu.

The bill seeks to establish a communication service which will be used to implement a nationwide system for the reporting of emergencies to emergency service agencies.

It will also enable Nigerians have access ...