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Lagos Slams 3-Year Jail Term On False Callers To Its Emergency Telephone Lines
['African Examiner']
Ayo Balogun | African Examiner
Lagos Slams 3-Year Jail Term On False Callers To Its Emergency Telephone LinesAyo Balogun, LagosThe Lagos State Government has signed a bill into law recommending three years jail term to people who make false calls to its emergency dedicated phone number, 767 and 112.
The bill, signed into law by Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos on Monday states that offenders would be liable on conviction to three years imprisonment or a fine of N500,000.
The bill is a Law to Establish the Lagos State Emergency Command and Control Centre, Regulate the making of Telephone Calls to the Centre and for Connected Purposes.
“To prevent these malpractices, there is need for the state to provide a regulatory control over calls made to the emergency telephone numbers.
It is in the light of this that the Lagos State Emergency Command and Control Centre was made.
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