The Federal Government has announced that the project aimed at deploying automated management solutions across Nigerian borders is now 60% complete.
The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, shared this update on Thursday in Abuja after inspecting the e-border management centre and the Command and Control Centre for the electronic gates at the airports.
Dr. Tunji-Ojo stated that while the e-border project is nearing completion, the e-Gates Command and Control Centre is now fully completed and ready for commissioning by President Bola Tinubu.
He emphasized that the e-border solution is designed not only for air borders or airports but also for land borders, which are known to be more porous.
“What we are doing now is automating the whole surveillance system in our border space and real time. We can view a lot of our borders at this moment and I won’t want to disclose more. But the simple truth is we are automating the whole process and I think by October, Phase 1 of the whole border surveillance system would have been completed and from here we can view, and see kilometres away from the border before people even come into Nigeria.
“Also, there is a solution that enables people in the border areas to communicate directly if there is an emergency. They can report issues and there are solutions as to how we just don’t take their reports or complaints but that we can swing into action.
“We want to make our borders as interactive and safe as possible because in the larger perspective, the belief of Mr President is that a secure border is a secure nation,” The Minister said
