The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya said the state would resume dislodgement of illegal abattoirs, slaughter houses, animal markets and other veterinary premises, as from April 19. In a statement, on Sunday, Olusanya said the exercise was in continuation of the state government’s sanitisation and reform of the red meat value chain. […]
Resident of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have condemned the award given to newly appointed Secretary of the Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, Hon Nzekwe Stanley Ifeanyichukwu, by the Nigeria veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) despite the poor state of abattoirs in the territory. Reacting over the surprise award given to Ifeanyichukwu, given in […]
Proximity of abattoirs to the people’s source of drinking water in Delta state has triggered off an epidemic that has claimed 31 lives in just six months, forcing the state government to embark on a fire brigade approach to sanitise all abattoirs located at the periphery of the rivers, The Daily Times has gathered. The […]