Projects
Historical Background
The Lagos Forensic Centre, Odunlami Street: The Centre was built in 2017 and was the first DNA forensic laboratory as part of the criminal justice sector reforms.
The lab was designed to solve crime through technology and for general DNA profiling in Lagos state. The Centre is the first standard high-powered DNA Forensic Centre in sub-Saharan Africa.
It was equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and served many stakeholders including foreign embassies, the police, judiciary, NGOs, and other civil societies, to carry out sophisticated forensic tests for medical purposes, evaluations to obtain justice in courts, and to serve other
interests.
Specialized equipment in the centre was completely vandalized and will require new efforts to replace them at an estimated cost of over $7m. The Fund is liaising with the facility managers and the Ministry of Justice to fashion out rehabilitation and funding strategy bearing in mind the scale of customized equipment required for the Centre.
Project Brief
The High Court of Lagos State, Igbosere is one of the public buildings affected by the October 2020 civil unrest under the purview of The Fund.
Project Objective
The Fund has been saddled with the mandate of restoring the multi-story DNA and Forensics Centre and it will be approached in three (3) phases, in the order of priority agreed with the LSD&FC.
