The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has mandated the use of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) in all public premises within the Federal Capital City and the whole of the territory to curb insecurity.
The Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Mr Umar Shuaibu, made the disclosure at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja.
Shuaibu said, “henceforth, mandatory use of CCTV would be included in the requirements for building approval in the nation’s capital.”
The coordinator also said that officers of the council would be going round the city to enforce compliance with the directive.
He expressed optimism that the use of CCTV would help the security agencies in fighting crimes and criminality in the territory.
”We have made announcements and we are making sure that we implement the decision to the later.
“Our major decision now is to make sure and we are going to inform everybody within the city and the entire territory to ensure that all public places have CCTV.
” There must be CCTV in all public premises in the FCT as from now and we will ensure the enforcement of this very important decision which is of national security.
”When all areas are well covered, we believe we are going to monitor activities in the city via CCTV.
”And it will tremendously help the security agencies in fighting crime and criminality in the territory,” Shuaibu said.
Similarly, the coordinator emphasised the need for all public buildings to provide effective fire fighting equipment in the territory.
