In view of the importance attached to the upcoming presidential election, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has dedicated its Consumer Toll-Free Number, 622, to serve as 2023 Presidential Election Incident Hotline.
This is to enable voters and members of the public across Nigeria to report any issues that may affect them, or others, during the elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023.
This step is to support the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in its patriotic commitment, towards the conduct of hitch-free elections in Nigeria.
According to the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, the Toll-Free Number 622 is the second-level complaints centre through which consumers of telecommunications services are allowed to make calls directly to the commission, to resolve issues concerning their telecommunications services which the service providers are unable to do.
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He said, however, in consideration of the critical nature of this election and to alleviate emergent issues that might arise at the voting centres, or any parts of Nigeria thereof, the commission had considered it expedient to dedicate the Toll-Free Number 622 to accommodate all types of complaints on election day.
That, he said, was with a view to resolving such issues by contacting and conveying such to relevant agencies, authorities, or organisations for timely resolution.
The 622 Election Incident Monitoring Centre will be manned by top Management officials of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Danbatta said.
According to him, the hotline would be open to the public from 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. during the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
He said members of the public were, therefore, invited to take advantage of the Election Incident Monitoring Centre Hotline, 622.
