Nigeria At 52: iPolice Our Gift To You This Independence

I know you’d have been wondering where OTEKBITS’s independence gift is but we always have you in mind, that is why we always bring apps that will add value to life, technology and Nigeria as whole.

In the President’s 2012 Independence Speech broadcast, he stated that:

“Leadership at all levels of government is a collective thing. One person cannot change a nation. The President, governors, lawmakers, members of the judiciary alone cannot do it.

“The leader matters but he cannot change things alone. All Nigerians, men and women, will change things in the country.

“If God can use Nehemiah to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, in all arms of governments, I believe we have many Nehemiahs. There are many of them among teachers, artisans, and clergy.

“God will use these various Nehemiahs to rebuild this country. I can say again that Nigeria will succeed; with our cooperation we shall succeed! –President Goodluck Jonathan via Punchng

Although, Dino Melaye, a former Member of the House of Representative and the Executive Secretary of Anti-corruption Network, on Tuesday said that this Independence Day speech broadcast on national television by President Goodluck Jonathan is far from impressive, calling it the ‘book of lamentations’.

With this, I am presenting one of the ways technology, especially mobile and web, is contributing to the growth and security of Nigeria – iPolice. It is a community policing platform designed to engage more Nigerians in an active participatory manner to make Nigeria a safer nation.

The iPolice mobile app will provide citizens with an efficient approach to partnering with the security agencies by reporting crimes and also providing valuable information via their mobile phones to security forces.

The app also encourages community oriented policing efforts by keeping citizens well informed of crimes and security issues around where they live or work, thereby reducing crime in our community. The crime distribution will cut across these platforms to give notification: