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ALUU 4: The Need For A National Emergency Telephone Number by vowiski(m): 2:50pm On Oct 14, 2012
http://naijajaw..com/2012/10/aluu-4-need-for-national-emergency.html

The US emergency number "911" is the universal emergency number for everyone in the United States. In 2000, approximately 150 million calls were made to 911, according to the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). If you were born in the 1960s or later, 911 was ingrained in you during childhood, and those born prior to 1968 have been exposed enough to 911 that it has become second nature.

Fast-forward to 2012, The number "911" has become to life saving tool for every American citizens; disasters have been averted, lives have been saved, criminals caught and prosecuted. While this sounds appealing to the ear and gives every American citizen a fresh brew of hope on their security, I feel Nigerians too could share similar memories of how one phone call turned the dynamics of a disaster. Unfortunately, such a thing does not exist, and even if there was, there is a hundred percent guarantee that you would never get help when needed. A norm that has
Re: ALUU 4: The Need For A National Emergency Telephone Number by redsun(m): 3:52pm On Oct 14, 2012
vowiski: http://naijajaw..com/2012/10/aluu-4-need-for-national-emergency.html

The US emergency number "911" is the universal emergency number for everyone in the United States. In 2000, approximately 150 million calls were made to 911, according to the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). If you were born in the 1960s or later, 911 was ingrained in you during childhood, and those born prior to 1968 have been exposed enough to 911 that it has become second nature.

Fast-forward to 2012, The number "911" has become to life saving tool for every American citizens; disasters have been averted, lives have been saved, criminals caught and prosecuted. While this sounds appealing to the ear and gives every American citizen a fresh brew of hope on their security, I feel Nigerians too could share similar memories of how one phone call turned the dynamics of a disaster. Unfortunately, such a thing does not exist, and even if there was, there is a hundred percent guarantee that you would never get help when needed. A norm that has

Nigeria is oever a thousand years behind america in term of societal structures and functionalities.Are you not listening to the story that police were at the scene of that aluu savagery?

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