INSECURITY: Lagos Remains Vulnerable As CCTV Project Goes Moribund

[Shola Sholaz]

It seems residents and visitors to Lagos State, will have to wait a little longer for the commencement of the multi million naira contract for the installation of Close Circuit Televisions, CCTVs, in the state aimed at addressing perennial security and traffic challenges.
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The electronic devices with capacity to capture and register images and events metres away, also aid effective surveillance of the environment in events of criminal and emergency activities such as motor accidents, burglaries, robberies, car thefts, fire outbreaks, civil disturbances, collapsed buildings, suspicious movements and kidnaps, which are tracked and processed for quick response by those concerned.
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The state government, about three years ago announced plans to install CCTV cameras across the metropolis but till date the project is yet to fully commence.