By Godfrey AKON
A technology-driven company, Advonics Services Nigeria Limited, ASNL, has introduced innovative technology solutions aimed at enhancing safety of citizens and protection of facilities.
The company said the devices it introduced include advanced surveillance systems and smart self-protective gadgets designed to empower individuals and improve emergency response times.
Chief Executive Officer, of ASNL, Emmanuel Egboh, said the technologies leverage real-time tracking and alert mechanisms, enabling quicker intervention by security authorities during crises.
“Advonic’s approach reflects a broader trend of utilising technology, such as mobile applications and drones, to combat crime and bolster community safety efforts across the nation.
“Also, Advonic’s device offers several advantages such as real-time tracking: Integrates GPS technology for precise location monitoring, aiding rapid response by security agencies and emergency alerts that users can send instant alerts to designated contacts and authorities during emergencies, enhancing community involvement,” he said.
On smart surveillance, he said the company has advanced cameras and sensors for continuous monitoring and situational awareness, particularly in remote areas, adding that Advonic’s device also has predictive modelling, helping identify potential threats and optimise resource allocation.
According to the company, in its about 21 years of operations as a carrier for private sector services in specialised home automation, Egboh’s firm has evolved into a foremost security company, offering a wide range of high-tech security products and services tailored to the telecoms, maritime, aviation, transportation, and logistics industries.
Speaking on Enhancing security, he said the EI-LS1525 Liquid Security Inspection System, reputed as the first of its kind in Africa, can detect and differentiate water, milk, alcohol, gas, lacquer thinner, and sulphuric acid among others by obtaining the liquid properties via a computed tomography scan.
At the time the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the detectors would effectively combat terrorism, and ensure maximum security at Nigerian airports’ checks and controls to curb long waits for clearance on liquid gels, medications, and much more.
Egboh said the detectors can identify liquid explosives through millimetre-wave technology, and that he was proud that there is something “the whole of Africa can actually trail behind the country for.”
“At the time, the company had been in business for 16 years, having started as a carrier for private sector services in specialised home automation in 2003.
“From that modest beginning, the company has evolved into a foremost technology company that provides a comprehensive range of high-tech security services for the transportation value-chain in Nigeria and has positioned itself as the preferred onestop shop for all the physical and intellectual security requirements of the Federal Government for the nation’s air, marine, and rail transportation system.
“The company also provides specialist, bespoke turnkey security solutions in risk assessment, supply, installation, training, and maintenance services for all its equipment including baggage, body and handheld scanners, liquid explosives, and narcotics and trace explosive detectors,” he said.
A statement on its website explains that the company’s game changer was its investments in state-of-the-art strap technology and proprietary information systems, which have enabled it to improve inventory management, delivery efficiencies, and controls, while providing secured-time reporting to wide-ranging customers, reducing cycle time, and increasing the accuracy of information exchange.
The company noted that in collaboration with its OEM partners in the US, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, it has not only succeeded in delivering solutions needed to protect the nation from the threat and illegal passage of explosives, prohibitive weapons, contraband, biological threats, toxic chemicals, and narcotics, it has also developed compelling solutions for contemporary security threats in aviation and rail transportation, critical government infrastructure, and ports and borders.
ASNL’s stocks rose in 2018, when it signed a security deal with the Federal Ministries of Transportation and Aviation to secure railway terminals and borders across the country. But there is more to the company than these.
Some of technology deployed by the company include the revolutionary EI110110DV; a large tunnel x-ray security equipment with a dual view ideally suitable for large-size luggage inspection, and bulky objects, which can display horizontal and vertical images by two independent generators, allowing operators to identify overlapping objects and detect contraband and dangerous, illegal objects easily and precisely.
There is also the Z Portal for Trucks and Cargo, a high-throughput, drivethrough inspection system for large trucks, buses, and cargo containers. This system utilises multiple X-ray technologies to provide up to six images of the truck or cargo and is well-suited for high-traffic locations.
Among other products that the company also boasts of are the G-SCAN PRO LDS 4500-G portable explosives and narcotics detector and identification; the Falcon Screening Technology, which screens people, their handbags, and wheeled cabin-sized luggage for explosives; and the Scanmax 225.
