If you're planning to report rape, kidnapping, murder and other mishaps like road accidents then the Police has the best thing for you but you must pay 12,000 Naira first to access it. The Nigerian Police Launched its Mobile App called "Smart Police"
The police had stated, “The Nigeria Police Force through the dogged efforts of the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, in a bid to combat the high rate of criminality and criminal elements, kidnappers, domestic offenders, violence, cultism, rape, robbery among so many, has launched the Police VGS Mobile App.
“The police VGS Mobile App is a web-based dispatch system for quick emergency reporting of incidents by citizens for the prompt response by the Nigeria Police and other emergency and security agencies within five seconds of reporting.”
However, those who downloaded the application through Google Playstore was first asked to choose between three subscription plans: family plan, individual plan and student plan.
Repeated attempts to select any other package apart from the ‘individual’ plan proved abortive, forcing everyone to subscribe for the individual plan. A data page subsequently emerges requesting for name, email, address and other vital information while at the bottom, it is stated that the subscription cost is N12,000 for 12 months. Also, there is no option for a monthly payment of subscription as one can only pay N12,000 per year.
Other options on the application such as FAQ and ‘contact us’ refused to open despite several clicks on the icons.
What are your thoughts on the new Nigerian Police app? Does this now mean the Police have commercialized their services? Drop your thoughts in the comment section below.
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