Updated: FEC approves N52bn for e-monitoring of porous borders
Briefing newsmen on the decision, Interior minister, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau said the contract will cover 86 border posts and all the 1,400 illegal routes being used for smuggling and other crimes.
Dambazau said, “Council approved N52 billion for eBorder solution. This process started in 2012 but we picked it up to move forward when we came in. The project is to be completed within the next two years. “The Nigeria Immigration Service will work very closely with other services. When it comes to response, with the air force and the army units deployed near the borders, with the customs in terms of smuggling. The information will be available real-time 24/7,” he said.
The training he said “will be held in Abuja for 1,500 beneficiaries with integrated starter packs distributed to the trainees at the end of the training.
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