The House of Representatives yesterday resolved to investigate the non-completion of a multi-million dollar Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) installation contract in Abuja and Lagos, awarded to a Chinese firm, ZTE Corporation in 2010.
The decision followed a motion sponsored by Hon. Adekoya Abdulmajid and Hon. Abiodun James Faleke at plenary on the reactivation/installation of CCTV cameras in the nation’s capital, state capitals and major cities across the country.
The House urged the federal, state and local governments to install or reactivate CCTV cameras and other security gadgets in the FCT, state capitals, major cities and business centres across the country that could detect and alert security agencies of any security breach.
The aim of installing the cameras was to facilitate real-time communication between security agencies to enhance their capacities to monitor and nip in the bud any criminal act before it is committed.
The lawmakers noted the dormant state of the CCTV cameras installed in Abuja by ZTE Corporation after it obtained a contract to install the cameras in Abuja and Lagos at a cost of $470million.
They said, “The agreement was for the company to install 2,000 digital solar-powered cameras (1,000 each for Abuja and Lagos), 37 switch rooms, MW backbone, 37 coalition emergency response systems; 38 video conference subsystems, 37 e-police systems, six emergency communication vehicles and 1.5 million lines for subscription.”
