The Federal Government of Nigeria has concluded plans to collaborate witha safety organization toinstall surveillance cameras in all the major highways across the country. This isin a bid to curtail violationof road traffic laws and ensure there’san eye out to see when criminal activities are being committedon our highways.
A Memorandum of Understanding,MoU, would therefore be signed this week between the government and Risk and Accident Prevention Society of Nigeria, RAPSON in a move that will bring about theinstallation of 10,000 units ofsmart cameras and 13,000 sets of memorycensors on thenation’s highways.
Chairman of RAPSON, Mr Ben Koko Odohofre while speaking ton newsmen in Abuja said the organization was set to employ 300,000personnel to work on the project.
RAPSON is an organization with the objective to save lives andreduce the toll of injuries and death resultingfrom accident and violence on roads.
According to Odohofre, a committee comprising the State Security Service, SSS, the Nigeria Police, Vehicle Inspection Officers, VIO, and Federal Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Justice and Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, would work with the organisation onthe project.
The Chairman/CEO said the company as a player in the private sector,would source the funds whilegovernment would enforce the project.
“Government would fine offenders whilethe percentageof money realized from the fines wouldbe shared between government and RAPSON. However government would provide its agencies which would drive the project. The police would arrest the offenders whilewe are asking the police for 5,000 men,” hesaid.
http://www.informationng.com/2013/02/nigerian-highways-to-get-10000-surveillance-cameras.html

Wonders shall never end in dis country
tommorow now u will heard dat third mainland bridge contract has been awarded to boko haram

Good move! anoda opportunity 2 embezzle public fund

Fed Govt trying hard to justify the 900billion naira budget for security.....

powered by wind technology

Ghen Ghen!!! Another bilion billion contract don land.
More chop chop on the way.

And I bet they will bring in substandard Chinese equipment.

Story teller

All na wash

mosho2good: Wonders shall never end in dis country
tommorow now u will heard dat third mainland bridge contract has been awarded to boko haram

You will hear and not you will heard
Lesson learnt: don't be in a hurry to comment

See as them they talk "across the country" as if e go reach my home town.

Nice idea frm d FG jst pray it bcomes reality in our own time.

Dem never repair the Highways na Camera Dem wan put


*some (PdP) political loyalist is getting rich very soon


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Its a welcome development. Let's just pray its successfully implemented. We should always lend support to a commendable effort because whether we like it or not govt must continue 2 embark on projects irrespective of personal interests.

Just a few questions

1. would the cameras depend on NEPA/PHCN
2. Can the cameras operate in dark poorly lit highways
3. Who monitors the camera? Civil servants or private sector?

Is it the same highways that is death trap or what?

Joke of the month, Will they be powered by solar or naija electricity?. #wast of funds for now.

I fear that maintenance would be the barrier to continued effective existence of these yet-to-be-installed cameras

U read my mind @confusion. Always putting d cart before the horse. Naija, i hail thee. Still trying to live down d fact that Maina absconded

They would have installed like 500,000 cameras instead....

YoungBrain:
Just a few questions

1. would the cameras depend on NEPA/PHCN
2. Can the cameras operate in dark poorly lit highways
3. Who monitors the camera? Civil servants or private sector?

Thank you. All the above questions need serious answers.

instead of putting surveillance cameras in d senate and national assembly so we can monitor d way our national treasury is been looted, they r talking of mounting them on our pothole ridden roads....na to view accident abi to dey view armed robbery Which one na

Dem welldone

YoungBrain:
Just a few questions

1. would the cameras depend on NEPA/PHCN
2. Can the cameras operate in dark poorly lit highways
3. Who monitors the camera? Civil servants or private sector?

4. Whats the life span of the cameras
5. If it goes bad what measures do they have to fix them

Only if the government can be truthful to themselves, i see it as another opportunity for the big boys in pdp to continue making excesses as far as money is concerned. Nice project indeed but, will not see the light of the say.

ya..cool o