* As part of Smart City project
The Lagos State government has announced plans to install 2,000 ‘intelligent’ cameras in strategic locations across the metropolis as part of its smart city project
Disclosing this at a media roundtable, tagged ‘Facts Behind The Figures on Y2021 Appropriation Budget’, held recently in Lagos, the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Samuel Egube, said that the cameras, with number plate and facial recognition capabilities, would go a long way in enhancing security and traffic management in the State, as well as help the government in its revenue-generating drive.
The commissioner described the government’s decision to come up with an ambitious budget size of N1.164 trillion this year as a reflection of its determination to rise above the challenges that had plagued its development indices in the past eleven months.
As a way of leveraging technology to enhance the fortunes of residents, Egube also said the government would, this year, deliver a 3,000 km metro-broadband fibre infrastructure to further drive the smart city initiative under an ongoing PPP agreement.
The commissioner also disclosed that, as a way of enhancing a 24-hour economy, the government has also budgeted the sum of N23.795billion to pursue an aggressive improvement and maintenance of street lighting in the state, while adequate provision has also been made in the budget to cater for the welfare of its security services in the areas of allowances and other needs.