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.
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.
“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. On the computer village located at Ikeja, Odubiyi said the plan to relocate the village was still ongoing in collaboration with other ministries in the state.
He said that government also had plans to carry out entrepreneurship training for some of the computer village technologists as had been done in the past.
The commissioner said that the ministry was also reviewing its Science and Technology Policy in collaboration with UNESCO in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
He said in line with this new policy proposal, the ministry was partnering with the Lagos State University, Ojo with a view to commercialising some of its research works.
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