FG Okays N495Million For Installation Of Camaras At Railway Stations

 

Since there is serious attacks on Railway stations for months, the Government decided to take steps by approving the sum of N495 million for the installation he cameras in all railways for security purposes.

This was made known by the Minister of Transportation on Wednesday.

A sum of N49billion was approved for the Enugu-Onisha road by the Government

Ademola Adegoroye, during the meeting emphasizedtheheation of the N495 million camera project, noting that it would strengthen security at the railway stations.

The Minister of Transportation said "The Federal Ministry of Transportation had two memos today, which I presented on behalf of the ministry; one had to do with the provision of scanners at all railway stations all over the country.

“You will all agree with me that given the importance of the security of lives and property such equipment has to be installed at our railway stations.

“We are starting the railways’ revolution; we are trying to put in place a lot of things in the railways; we don’t want people to come and damage all that government has been trying to put in place in that sector.

“When people get there and they have goods, they can pass through the scanners and we can be sure that nothing can cause violence or inflicts danger or puts lives and property at stake.

According to  the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola added that the Council approved the sum of N49 billion being the revised sum for the old Enugu-Onitsha road project after the Ministry sought and obtained two approvals from the council,

“We presented two memoranda to the council; both were approved; the first is regarding contract cost revision by way of augmentation for the old Enugu-Onitsha road from Opi junction to Udi-Oji to Anambra border in Enugu State.

“The augmentation was in the sum of N17 billion which revised the contract sum to N49 billion with an additional completion time of 42 months,

Fashola added that "the second contract was a fresh contract for the maintenance of the pavement of the third mainland bridge,  which would address public concerns about the presence of potholes on the bridge,  

“This was approved in the sum of N6.3 billion for 24 months.

“This aligns with Executive Order 11 signed by the president for the continued maintenance of public infrastructure.

“This contract responds to the questions on potholes that have become manifest on the entire pavement of the bridge’s deck spanning 11 eleven kilometers and the interchanges—Adeniji Adele, Adekunle, and Gbagada ramps that all link the bridge; this is for the resurfacing of all that.

“Those who are familiar with the bridge will recall that all of these failures were not this manifest on the bridge as at the time we did some work; and the work that we did concentrate largely on the sub-structure of the bridge—the piles, the underwater piles; the pile caps and also the replacement of the expansion joints and the bearings."

According to the Federal Government, he approved plans to begin surveillance protection of rail infrastructure, announcing N718 million approval for security services and surveillance of the Abuja light rail transportation system.