- Wins SAEMA 2020’s Emergency and Security Management Prize
The Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) war against insecurity in the country at the weekend yielded result as it bagged two international awards over its role against terrorism.
The awards—Golden World Awards (GWA) 2020 for its harmonized emergency number, 112, construction of Emergency Communications Centers (ECCs) in 36 states of the Federation and the FCT with 19 states already operational and additional 5 ready for activation and the African Public Relations Association’s (APRA) Certificate of Excellence had endeared the commission for global endorsements.
The awards were awarded by International Public Relations Association (IPRA) and the African Public Relations Association’s (APRA) following NCC’s commitment to the fight against insecurity in the country.
Although presentation of the IPRA Golden Global Awards (GGA) 2020 to the Commission had been scheduled to hold earlier this year in Germany but could not hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the award was presented at a Security and Emergency Management Award (SAEMA) 2020, where the President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Malam Mukhtar Sirajo, handed over the coveted trophies to the Director, Public Affairs of the Commission, Dr. Ikechukwu, the NCC who was declared Winner of ‘Emergency Management Security and Emergency Management Award.
However, NIPR President commended the NCC for a culture of professionalism in the management of its corporate communications and public relations, noting that ‘this has been largely responsible its enviable corporate image and the many awards it had attracted over the years.’
Also, the NCC was also presented with a Certificate of Excellence for ‘Outstanding Accomplishments in Category of Emergency Management’ at the award.
Speaking at the event, Malam Yusheu Shuaibu of Image Merchants Promotion Limited, lauded the NCC for launching an impressive campaign on its emergency communications project.
He said: “The ECCs were activated as a one-stop shop for receiving distress calls from the public and dispatching same to appropriate Emergency Response Agencies (ERAs) for timely response and resolution of the distress.
“The ECC project had been in limbo until a new management under the leadership of Danbatta, embarked on the construction and operationalisation of the ECCs across states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) till date.”
At the maiden edition in 2019, Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta was recognised as ‘Nigeria’s Goodwill Ambassador for Security and Emergency Management in Nigeria’ while the NCC as a corporate organization bagged the ‘Corporate Social responsibility Award in Security and Emergency Management in the country.’
