Lagos state government willing to build DNA lab in 15 months

The Lagos State Government on Sunday expressed its readiness to build a DNA Forensic Laboratory within 15 months.


The state Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr Olufemi Odubiyi, made the disclosure at the ministerial briefing marking the one year anniversary of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode. Odubiyi said the government was working with the State Ministry of Justice to commence the laboratory to ensure that the criminal justice system caught all criminals.

Gov. Ambode The laboratory, he said, would be located at CMS area within the city of Lagos. He said that his ministry was also partnering with law enforcement personnel to ensure security across the state. The commissioner said the Federal Government had installed and handed over 1,000 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras to the Lagos State Government.

According to him, the state government will also install 12,000 CCTVs in the state to bring the total number of cameras to 13,000.

Odubiyi noted that the enabling infrastructure for the CCTV scheme was being put in place with the ministry’s Smart City Project. “Enabling infrastructure to guarantee success of the CCTV cameras is critical, and this is where the Smart City Project will help in back hauling data to the command centre located in Ikeja. “The project will also provide broadband deployment of fibers across the state,’’ he said.