Setting a path to follow, the Governor of Lagos state, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola has improved security in the state with a donation of an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Resource Center to the Lagos Police Command, reports NaijaAgroNet.
The centre which is located at C Police command Surulere area of Lagos State, he said, is part of some 100 resource centers being built by his government and expressed hope the centres will be completed and handed over to police across the state before the end of his tenure by May 29, 2015.
The
Governor added that the resource center will help the police to carry out an
effective operation in reducing tedious record management system and tracking
crime evidence locations, as capable staff has been trained by the ministry of science
and technology to man the facilities, which include Digital Asset Management
Systems, Digital Camera and two KW sola installations among others.
The governor also stressed the importance of
communications technology saying “We cannot over-emphasize the importance of
information communications in our lives. What we have done with these centers
is to empower and enable the police to be able to keep detailed records of
evidences.
For instance, why do we have to keep a vehicle that was involved in
an accident in the station for so long and allow it to rot, thereby losing
value and depriving the owner of the vehicle? With this centre, the police can
just take the photographs of the vehicle from all possible angle and incident
it in their electronic file,” he said.
Kayode
Aderanti, the commissioner of police commended Fashola for his concerns on the
welfare of the police, saying that police would not have attained the height
they are right now in Lagos, if not for the governor.
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