The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the project for the installation of CCTV cameras on major highways across the country.
Dingyadi said that Buhari has given the go-ahead for them to resuscitate the project which was previously abandoned. According to him, the Federal Government has signed an agreement with NPS Technology Company.
During an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday, February 16, he stated that by the time this system is in place, it will help curb the issue of kidnapping and other crimes in the country.
In his words;
“We are moving forward, like you are aware, the 470million CCTV project that has been abandoned. Mr President has now given us the go-ahead to resuscitate the project and we have already entered into a concession agreement with NPS technologies. They are there trying to re-fix the entire system to resuscitate it.
“By the time this system is put in place, we will have a lot of technology to manage this crisis – particularly this issue of kidnapping. We will go a long to ensure that we reduce the number of kidnappings in this country,
“The CCTV is going to be on all the major highways in all the states of the Federation, it is everywhere in this country.
“That is what we are doing now, we are facing the challenges, we are trying to resuscitate it. This company is already going into action to ensure that they purchase the needed equipment.”
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