Lagos moves from zero - 1,200 security State, with 27 live monitors

Lagos State government, on Monday, disclosed that it has 1,200 security cameras across the state with 27 live monitors.

A statement by Governor Babatunde Fashola’s spokesperson, Hakeem Bello, stated that it was a demonstration of government’s commitment to protecting life and property in the state.

The statement added that Fashola, who spoke at the demonstration how the cameras work with the live feed, at the Command Centre, promised that there would be more cameras to nip crime in the bud.

The governor explained that the demonstration is a follow up to what was started many years ago when a pilot scheme was located in Lekki in 2008 with one camera, saying it was a demonstration of the resolve of the government to do something about improving the capability of its personnel to carry out their duties as far as protection of life and property, its primary responsibility, is concerned.

“Now we have moved from a zero camera state to about 1,200 camera state. How significant that is, some numbers would show us. We are now in a position where we are now on one camera to about 10 sq kilometers. We are far behind other cities like New York and London, where they range between 200 and 450 cameras per Sq km. but we have moved from over 4000 Sq. kilometers and we have reduced that distance significantly.”

“How did we do it, we have merged our cameras with the ones that the Federal Government installed, so we have taken all the feeds in here. We have moved from one small screen that you saw in Lekki to 27 screens that are collapsible in all forms either to one big wall, three screens and so on”, he stressed. Tribune