The fixed scanner at Seme border built at the cost of N3.54 billion has been installed and tested by the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) for full scale operation. Mr Fred Udechukwu , the Chief Executive Officer of Global Scansystems Ltd., owners of the scanner, said this on Friday at Seme, near Badagry, during the Technical Sight Acceptance Test of the facility.

Udechukwu said that the contract with the company, which is the only indigenous service provider, was to supply scanners at various locations across the country. He said that according to the terms of the contract, the firm was expected to install a fixed scanner at Seme border.

“In the interim, as a responsible company, we installed a mobile scanner which is the same thing doing what the stationary scanner will do”, he said. He said that while the mobile scanner emitted 3.8 million volts x-ray, the fixed scanner emitted nine million volts.

Udechukwu said that the essence of the test was for NNRA to accept the stationary scanner and issue the company a certificate after which it would commence full operations. He said that the fixed scanner, like the mobile one, was capable of scanning 20 trucks in one hour and 480 trucks in 24 hours. Global Scansytems is operating Lot 3 of the Destination Inspection contract covering Seme, Murtala Muhammed airport, PTML Tin-Can Island, all the free trade zones in Lagos, Calabar and Warri ports.