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The House of Representatives on Thursday indicated its readiness to probe the failure of Chinese firm, ZTE Corporation to completely implement the terms of a $470 million contract for the installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) in Abuja and Lagos, which was awarded in 2010.
It noted that the firm was contracted to install 2,000 digital solar-powered cameras (1,000 each for Abuja and Lagos), 37 switch rooms, MW backbone, 37 coalition emergency response systems, 38 video conference sub-systems, 37 e-police systems, six emergency communication vehicles and 1.5 millions lines for subscription.
Expressing worry at the dormant state of the CCTV cameras installed by the firm in Abuja, the lawmakers noted that the absence of critical equipment hampers intelligence gathering which would be useful in tackling some of the security challenges currently being experienced in the country.
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