The Ondo State government has been called upon to begin the implementation of the Executive Order mandating the installation of CCTV devices in all worship centres, schools, open markets and other crowded public structures to check insecurity in the state.
Recall that the Ondo state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Friday signed an Executive Order for the compulsory installation of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) in public and private institutions in order to forestall security breach and beef up security across the 18 local government areas of the state and
Ade Ademisokun-Turton, a primate and founder of Success Gate Cherubim and Seraphim Christ’s Church International, Akure, the Ondo State capital, made the call during the service on Sunday, saying if the state government installed the devices in all public schools in the state, the goals of the Executive Order would be defeated if there’s no power to make the video surveillance devices function.
The cleric while describing the order as laudable one, however, expressed scepticism in the successful implementation of the order as a result of poor power supply in the state.
Ademisokun-Turton advised that open markets, public schools, particularly from nursery to higher institutions of learning, which are usually crowded, should be monitored through CCTV devices.
According to him, “The executive order promulgated by Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, making it compulsory for every church, mosque, school and hospital to install Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) devices is a laudable one.
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“The governor should ensure that the devices are installed in all public schools, particularly nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions as well as open markets and other places where people are crowded.
“But as good as the order is, the major challenge that both individuals, organizations and government would face is the inconsistent power supply and non-connection of most public schools to source of power supply.
“It is also important I mention this, most of the churches and other religious worship centres are just beginners which cannot afford these devices. The government may look at the modality through which such centres could be assisted.
“In our church here, we don’t have a problem with the order, but the government should also check the tendency of unscrupulous persons importing fake products into the state to fleece unsuspecting buyers.”
