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18th May 2016, 06:23 AM
Only about 40 Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras out of the 1000 installed in Abuja are currently working, a House of Representatives panel heard yesterday.
The cameras were part of the National Public Security Communications System (NPSCS) contract awarded in 2008 to a Chinese company, ZTE, at $470m (over N90bn).
During its oversight visit to project's switch centre at the Nigeria Police Force headquarters in Abuja yesterday, the ad-hoc committee investigating the matter headed by Rep Ahmed Yerima (APC, Bauchi), described the project as a "total and colossal failure."
Briefing the lawmakers, one of the police officers manning the centre, Mr O. O. Onalaja, said the centre comprised a video surveillance and e-policing units and there were supposed to be 2000 cameras in all, 1000 each in Abuja and Lagos.
Onalaja said as at last Friday, only "40 cameras were online," adding that they were in the process of activating the rest.
He said the remaining 960 cameras were currently non-functional because "they are down," while others were vandalized, adding that at the inception of the project, all the cameras were functioning and that the project was a success at that time.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201605170504.html
The cameras were part of the National Public Security Communications System (NPSCS) contract awarded in 2008 to a Chinese company, ZTE, at $470m (over N90bn).
During its oversight visit to project's switch centre at the Nigeria Police Force headquarters in Abuja yesterday, the ad-hoc committee investigating the matter headed by Rep Ahmed Yerima (APC, Bauchi), described the project as a "total and colossal failure."
Briefing the lawmakers, one of the police officers manning the centre, Mr O. O. Onalaja, said the centre comprised a video surveillance and e-policing units and there were supposed to be 2000 cameras in all, 1000 each in Abuja and Lagos.
Onalaja said as at last Friday, only "40 cameras were online," adding that they were in the process of activating the rest.
He said the remaining 960 cameras were currently non-functional because "they are down," while others were vandalized, adding that at the inception of the project, all the cameras were functioning and that the project was a success at that time.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201605170504.html