Lagos State government will install over 13,000 additional Close Circuit Television, CCTV cameras, in the major flash points across the state as part of measures towards making the state safer.
Also Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the establishment of additional three dispatch centres at Lekki, Ikorodu Road and Badagry.
General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu who disclosed this at a meeting with all the Heads of Emergency Response Team, ERT, at Alausa Secretariat, said that the measures were part of efforts to position the agency for a more efficient service delivery and management.
Tiamiyu stated that the state government was poised towards improving the impact of emergency/disaster through effective and efficient emergency management with the use of CCTV cameras, establishment of additional dispatched centres and stepping up of Monitoring and Surveillance Unit of LASEMA.
Acording to Tiamiyu, the establishment of additional three dispatch centres at Lekki, Ikorodu Road and Badagry, would complement the existing dispatch points located at the LASEMA Response Unit, Cappa Oshodi and the Command and Control Centre, Alausa, thereby improving the response time of emergency management in the state.
LASEMA boss also stated that the agency is up-scaling the activities of Monitoring and Surveillance Unit of the agency aimed at preventing and mitigating against unnecessary loss of lives and properties in the state.