Government to deploy 12,000 CCTVs, plans 4G LTE for institutions

Media reports say the Lagos State Government, through its Ministry of Science and Technology, is to deploy 12,000 surveillance cameras across the state as part of its 'Smart City Project' aimed at providing state-of-the-art ICT infrastructure to deliver essential services to all residents in the state within the next couple of months.

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Mr. Olufemi Odubiyi, the state commissioner for Science and Technology, said this recently at the ongoing 2016 Ministerial Press Briefing of the Lagos State Government in commemoration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's first year in office, adding that the deployment of the cameras will also improve security as well as ensure prompt and effective response to emergency situations by first responders.

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Odubiyi stated that other initiatives of the present administration under the 'Smart City Project' include the provision of a metro network to connect all schools, hospitals, courts, police station and government facilities; unified communication systems for first emergency responders; provision of 4G LTE technology and broadband deployment across the State.