The Abattoir in Oko-Oba should be reopened without delay, according to the Lagos State government.
Tokunbo Wahab, the commissioner for the environment and water resources, stated in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday that the directive was issued after the operators’ sanitation and hygiene requirements were met.
According to him, “The operators have substantially complied with the state’s minimum benchmark for the operation of abattoirs,” which was flagrantly violated at first, making the closure necessary.
Wahab had previously expressed dissatisfaction with the facility’s state during an earlier inspection prior to its closure, declaring in a video that “they slaughter animals and dump waste into the public drainage system, and it’s just unacceptable.”
He also pointed out that some people had been found sleeping alongside animals in a market, and he referred to the situation as unsanitary and unsafe.
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Wahab’s request for the reopening included the requirement that the ministry of the environment and water resources periodically inspect the facilities at the abattoir on a monthly basis.
Source: Channels TV
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