Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chinwike Asadu, has urged Nigerian scientists and engineers to contribute their own quota to the  efforts to check insecurity in the country.

Asadu, who  was represented by the spokesman for the police in the state,  Mr. Fabode Olufemi, at a security summit in Ilorin on Thursday,  said there was the need for  collaborative efforts  by  Nigerians to  protect  lives and property in the country.

According to him, local scientists and engineers can help with devices  that will  assist the security agencies  in the fight against crime and violence.

Chief Executive Officer, Contrivances Engineering Ltd, Mr. Olusanya Elisha, said the SOS Nigeria device would help in reducing kidnapping, assist during threats to individual lives and property as well as help medical emergencies and fire control services.

He added that it would improve the operational efficiency of the police and the Federal Road Safety Corps.

Elisha said, "This is not just a safety utility application. We have also integrated  sim change notification anti-theft feature, in which case, even if one is dispossessed of his phone or someone is kidnapped with phone, you can keep reaching out the phone; as soon as  you track the phone, you are also tracking the assailant and the person that has been kidnapped."

According to him, the device has Google approval and Samsung certification.

Kwara State Chairman of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Mr. Malik Kamila,  urged the federal and  state  governments to provide infrastructure and service support for the effective utilisation of the gains of the invention.

According to him, there is the need for engineers and scientists to come up with inventions that will  improve security, aid business and industrial development.