LAGOS, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's southwest state of Lagos Monday has begun installing 300 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras across the nation's economic hub to boost security.
The installation was delayed as a result of foreign exchange fluctuations, Olufemi Odubiyi, the State Commissioner for Science and Technology told reporters in Ikeja, capital of Lagos State.
The state government had in August 2016 said it would begin installation of 13,000 CCTV cameras in September 2016.
"I will like to explain that the delay in the delivery of this project was as a result of the foreign exchange fluctuations," Odubiyi added.
"We just concluded how to carry out the project in phases. We have also deployed the infrastructure for the installation of the first 300 cameras that have been imported," he said.
"By the time these 300 cameras are completely installed, the other cameras would have been imported to accelerate the project," the official told reporters.
According to Odubiyi, the CCTV cameras would enhance security surveillance and crime prevention.
