INTRO: Following the re-inauguration of the Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance Team of the Ministry of Agriculture in Lagos State, the Team charged with the responsibilities of dislodging illegal abattoirs, controlling and enforcing issues relating to the transportation and sale of meat swooped on the slaughter slab in Oke Rube area in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. A total of ten butchers and two live cows were arrested and confiscated respectively. The arrested persons would be tried in the Lagos State Task Force Mobile Court while the live cows would be deposited at the Oko-Oba abattoir at Agege for their owners to claim them within 48hours. The meat that the team confiscated has already been given to charity to the Juvenile Remand Home at Oregun, Ikeja.
The acting Commissioner for Agriculture in Lagos State, Ms Abisola Olusanya explained the reason for the raid on the abattoir saying that it was because of the particular interest of the State Government about the production of wholesome and healthy meat for its residents while simultaneously ensuring that the streets are free of stray animals; and the affected abattoir was flaunting the directives in that regard.
In her words: “This dislodgement exercise is necessary especially as the state is particular about the production of wholesome and healthy meat for its residents while simultaneously ensuring that the streets are free of stray animals.
“We will also strictly enforce meat transportation using only the designated vehicles and stray animals control which has lately become more rampant in the State.”
The operation is not out of place because a great deal of the abattoirs in Nigeria are rotten, and heavily infested so that no wholesome meat is capable of coming from there. However, there should be human face to the enforcements because the Sabbath is made for man, and not man for Sabbath.
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