The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has revealed that the Workplace of the Nationwide Safety Adviser is at the moment coaching personnel from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigeria Customs Service, and the Nigeria Immigration Service in preparation for the deployment of 1,000 physique cameras.
This initiative goals to curb the harassment and extortion of travellers by airport officers and improve total safety at main airports throughout the nation.
Keyamo made this recognized throughout an interview with Aise TV on Tuesday.
The Minister emphasised the collaborative efforts between the Ministry and the Nationwide Safety Adviser (NSA).
“We’re the landlords of the airports, so we’re working with the Nationwide Safety Advisor,” he stated. “As “I converse with you, the NSA has obtained 1,000 physique cams. Coaching is ongoing. We wish to equip them with physique cams. These physique cams are like CCTV cameras as they will be on dwell transmission to a Command Heart.”
Keyamo famous that the physique cams will allow real-time monitoring via a newly established command middle, designed to supervise actions on the airports.
With the dwell transmission functionality, the authorities consider this may improve transparency in operations, deter incidents of extortion, and enhance the protection of travellers.
Keyamo assured that the federal government is “transferring with the pace of sunshine” in the direction of implementing this know-how, and Nigerians would quickly witness a notable enchancment in airport safety.
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The continuing coaching goals to familiarize FAAN, Customs, and Immigration personnel with the know-how earlier than the official rollout.
“We now have shared these 1,000 physique cameras between FAAN, Immigration, Customs, and I believe one different company or so,” stated Keyamo.
He added that the short-term answer for travellers experiencing harassment includes direct contact traces on the airport.
“For those who go to the Worldwide Airport in Lagos, we now have put cellphone numbers and a code for individuals to scan instantly when they’re being harassed,” he defined.
This initiative is available in response to rising issues in regards to the behaviour of some airport officers, which has tainted the experiences of travellers.
In keeping with Keyamo, whereas FAAN is the first physique overseeing airport operations, the vast majority of complaints stem from different companies such because the Nigeria Customs Service, Immigration, and others.
This inter-agency cooperation is predicted to handle these points and restore traveller confidence in Nigeria’s airport providers.
With the anticipated full deployment of the physique cams, the federal authorities believes this may function a long-term answer to scale back corruption and improve transparency.
