Buhari Approves Drones For Border Monitoring

The deployment of drones, aircraft and geospatial technology for the monitoring of borders was on Tuesday, October 14, approved by President Buhari.

A source said the strategy was part of the e-Customs that the nation will use for the surveillance of the movement of illicit goods and persons.

With the procurement and deployment of the e-Customs, the borders shall record a watertight security that will foreclose the need for the erection of physical walls.

The source said: “The President has just approved e-Customs. E-Customs encompasses the deployment of border management technology, which will incorporate the use of drones, aircraft and other geo-spatial technology to be able to monitor our borders to ensure that any illicit movement of goods and persons do not take place.

“Once that is in place, I think we will be very safe that we do not need walls to be erected.”

This is coming on the heels of the joint operation border patrol code-named ‘EX-SWIFT RESPONSE.”