Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have referred to as for set up of sufficient and purposeful Closed Circuit Tv (CCTV) cameras in Abuja as a part of safety measures to battle crime within the metropolis.
A cross part of the general public and stakeholders who spoke to the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja and environs, urged the authorities in FCT to take up the matter significantly for optimistic leads to containing legal actions.
They famous that it was excessive time Abuja because the federal capital of Nige- ria aligned with different main cities on this planet in taking commonplace safety measures like having purposeful CCTV in strategic areas. Mr Olumon Sharafadeen, Nationwide Vice Chairman, Nigerian Establishment of Civil Engineers, mentioned CCTV cameras are getting used globally to battle crimes and criminalities.
He mentioned CCTV cameras give data of what occurred, when it occurred, who’re concerned and most significantly, assist safety businesses to do investigations correctly. In accordance with him, CCTV cameras scale back the extent of crime in each society as a result of when the criminals know that they’re being recorded, lots of them routinely keep away.
Sharafadeen referred to as on the FCTA to revitalise the present CCTV cameras, enhance on them and prolong the protection throughout town. He mentioned CCTV cameras are what any authorities dedicated to the safety of lives and property wouldn’t hesitate to spend money on to curb crimes and criminalities.
Mr Victor Olumide, a employees of a CCTV digicam set up agency in FCT, who spoke on the very important position of the cameras in preventing crime, referred to as on the FCTA to additionally present the wanted infrastructure for the CCTV cameras to operate successfully.
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