The
acting Secretary of Agriculture Secretariat, Dr Aliyu Musa, has said
that the Federal Capital Territory Administration has commenced
inspection tour of the four abattoirs in the Abuja.
He
said the purpose of the inspection was to stop illegal activities in
the environment and guarantee security and public health.
He said this, recently, in his office after an inspection tour of the Kubwa Abattoir.
Musa
said the animal services team went round and observed that the
abattoirs were not only unkempt but they also became criminals’ hideouts
where drugs were traded. He lamented that shanties were growing around
the abattoirs, saying such development must be stopped before it went
out of hand.
Earlier,
the manager of the Kubwa Abattoir, Dr Jacob Okpeke, said that butchers
in the abattoir were educated on hygiene and warned against selling
unhealthy meat.
“They
already know that if you buy a sick animal, you are not going to make
any sales from it because we carry out our professional duties as
vetenary doctors,” he said.
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