Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Professor Isa Pantami has revealed that he possesses knowledge of a technology capable of monitoring the entire land mass of Gombe State, which he says could be deployed to strengthen the fight against insurgency in the region.
Speaking in an interview from 36:07 with Daily Trust TV, Pantami said, “I know the technology you need to deploy in Gombe State that will allow you to monitor the entire land mass of the state which is approximately 20,000 square kilometres. While in office, I deployed some technologies to support our security institutions in Gombe under the Galaxy Backbone platform, which allows you to monitor and track what is happening in many parts of the state,” he said.
Pantami argued that Nigeria’s security institutions are not fully exploiting the technological tools now available to them, and called for a more deliberate embrace of modern solutions.
He pointed to robotic technology, virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, as innovations that, when properly deployed, could dramatically ease the burden on security forces and make their operations significantly more effective across the state….Read_More…