Checks showed that the solar panels and batteries of the CCTV had been stolen while some cameras that were installed along the expressways and major roads in the city had been crushed by vehicles involved in accidents.
The contract for the NPSCS project was awarded by the Federal Government to provide a secure and independent multimedia communications system for the police and other security agencies in the country.
The project was aimed at providing voice, video and data using the Code Division Multiple Access technology to enable security agencies to combat terrorism and other violent crimes in the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and other cities across the nation.
The project consisted of five main components including Global Open Trunking Architecture subsystem which would operate through two Main Switch Centres with one each in Abuja and Lagos as well as 12 Base Station Controllers and 675 Base Transmitting Station sites that would provide the Internet Protocol for the various applications to which the project could be applied.
The project, which was handled by a Chinese firm, ZTE Corporation, at a cost of $470m, was completed in 2012.
“Every component of the project has been completed, tested and handed over to the Nigerian government. They are all working in perfect condition. Yes, we had challenges at the beginning of the project, but they were all addressed and I am proud to say that ZTE has helped to build modern architecture for public security in Nigeria,” he had stated.
The Vice-President, Namadi Sambo, while inspecting some of the PSCS facilities at the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, had also expressed satisfaction and happiness with the way the new security platform was being operated, and assured Nigerians that it would check criminal activities in the country.
“I must say that I am highly impressed. This is one of the security supports that are necessary and I am pleased that Mr. President has given approval for the Nigeria Police to acquire the sophisticated and necessary security surveillance system. I can see the whole of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Abuja Airport and so many things, through the equipment,” the Vice-President had said.
The project, which was handled by a Chinese firm, ZTE Corporation, at a cost of $470m, was completed in 2012.
The Managing Director of ZTE Nigeria, Mr. Hao Fuqiang, had said in an interview that every aspect of the project had been tested, completed and handed over to the government.
“Every component of the project has been completed, tested and handed over to the Nigerian government. They are all working in perfect condition. Yes, we had challenges at the beginning of the project, but they were all addressed and I am proud to say that ZTE has helped to build modern architecture for public security in Nigeria,” he had stated.
The Vice-President, Namadi Sambo, while inspecting some of the PSCS facilities at the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, had also expressed satisfaction and happiness with the way the new security platform was being operated, and assured Nigerians that it would check criminal activities in the country.
“I must say that I am highly impressed. This is one of the security supports that are necessary and I am pleased that Mr. President has given approval for the Nigeria Police to acquire the sophisticated and necessary security surveillance system. I can see the whole of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Abuja Airport and so many things, through the equipment,” the Vice-President had said.
Source: Punch
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