The Federal Government is set to install facial recognition technology at the International Airports in Nigeria.
This was revealed by the Minister of State , Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, when he played host to Japanese Ambassador in Nigeria, Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, and a team from NEC Corporation of Japan in his office, in Abuja.
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He noted that the airports would soon be operating an automatic security measures that would incorporate the use of facial recognition technology to improve security and safety around Airports and easily detect impostors.
Agba said the technology would be deployed to Airports through grant agreements between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Japanese Government with a focus on Lagos and Abuja International Airports in the pilot phase before the project would be extended to Port Harcourt, Enugu and Kano Airports.
The Minister disclosed that as part of the pre-requisites for the processing of the Facial Recognition Technology, he would be leading the Ambassador and the team on a site survey visit to Lagos and Abuja Airports for necessary assessments.
Agba said: “I am happy that the series of meetings, which began in January this year in Tokyo on this project, aimed at recognising faces of persons who pass through our international airports have started to yield result.
“This, we believe, would further strengthen the security of our people and the country as a whole.
“This project was conceived in view of several security concerns among Nigerians and the need to nip these growing concerns in the bud.”