Mrs Belinda Odeneye permanent secretary Ministry of Environment at the launch of Citi Monitor App |
This online application will be used to monitor and report
all environmental infractions.
Launching the app named
“CitiMonitor Application and Enterprise Environmental Monitoring
Infrastructure Information system (EEMIIS)”, the Commissioner for the
Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello stated that it would give the
government a wider reach in monitoring and responding to environmental issues
reported by residents.
“This app will maximise the reach of the government using
the large population of Lagos. It will get to the nooks and crannies and help
us to better report the state of the environment from blockage of our canals to
indiscriminate waste dumping and every other infraction”, he said.
Bello who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Office
of Environmental Services, Mrs Belinda Odeneye explained that the application,
which the state government had been testing running for some time was now
available for download on Google Play Store and Apple IOS Store.
He added that there are complaints and reports of
infractions on daily basis on flooding, damaged roads, dilapidated building,
illegal petrol stations, security violations, unlawful human activities,
vehicle traffic situations, abandoned vehicles and other environmentally
related issues that are underreported or not reported at all in the state.
Bello encouraged residents to avail themselves of the
opportunity of downloading the App as it is clear that it would help them take
ownership of the environment of the state as the citizens are the primary
custodians.
He added that some selected officers of the Ministry are
already using the application including 25 officers from the State-of-the
Environment programme while other officers on the programme are expected to log
on after the Launching.
He said that residents could still make use of WhatsApp,
text messages and other means to also report environmental infractions.
The software developer, Mr Ayodeji Faniran said: “Citi
Monitor” became necessary in line with emerging trends especially in the
utilization of science and technology.
Faniran explained that one of the unique features of the app
is that it is configured to capture real-time images within the Lagos
geographical locations only.
“You cannot upload pictures from your gallery, you cannot
submit pictures from other parts of the country or the world, only pictures from
Lagos State can be submitted.
”Such that, once you click the picture anywhere in Lagos
State, it’s going to have the time stamp, the location/address.
”You can pick the local government and the markets as all
local governments and markets in Lagos State have been configured,” Faniran
said.
Mr Faniran added that plans were been made to introduce
other languages, especially the Yoruba language to enable more residents of
Lagos to use the app which is currently configured in the English language.
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