Openly slaughtering, processing of meat is crude, filthy, unhygienic ― Lagos Assembly

LAGOS Assembly has described the act of slaughtering and processing of meat in the open by butchers within the metropolis as crude, filth and unhygienic.

The Speaker Of The House, Rt. Hon Mudashiru Obasa made this known during the plenary session on Tuesday.

The Speaker expressed that the abattoirs in the state are very poor and unsanitary due to the neglect of the modern slaughtering facilities by the butchers.

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“The condition of abattoirs within the Lagos metropolis is deplorable and this is as a result of the neglect of modern slaughtering facilities provided by the government.

“Consequently, the butchers slaughter and process meat in the open, which is crude, filthy and unhygienic.

Obasa observed that the efforts of the state government in preventing the outbreak of diseases through the consumption of unhygienic meat is being curtailed by the butchers.

“Despite the huge investment of the Lagos State Government in the agricultural sector over the years, especially on the purchase of modern machine for slaughtering meat in a hygienic manner to preventing outbreak of diseases, the state’s abattoirs have not been utilized.

“Even the means by which the processed meat is being conveyed on motorbike, car-trunk and other illicit means with impunity in the state is disheartening,” he said.

Speaking also, The Majority Leader, Hon Agunbiade said that there is need for the Committee on Agriculture to do an oversight of all the abattoirs in the state.

“I suggest that necessary agencies should take holistic view into the conduct and the state of the abattoir.

“They should report back to the House because the image of the State is at stake and unnecessary activities have been going on in the abattoir” The majority leader explained.