Butchers Indict Council Over Poor Condition Of Abattoir

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State (left), listening to the Permanent Secretary, state Ministry of Environment, Mr Akeem Ogunbanbi (middle), during the inspection of Agbowa Residential Estate for flood victims in Lagos last Thursday

Butchers at the Eleme
Abattoir have accused the Eleme Local Government Council for refusing to construct a borehole in the abattoir despite their several appeals.
Across section of butchers who said this during an inspection of the area by the Commissioner for Environment, Mr Nyema Weli at the weekend, noted that despite the fact that the abattoir is owed by the council, nothing is being done by the Orji Ngofa-led administration to improve the condition of the abattoir.
According to them, the council is only interested in the N150,000 it collects every year from them.
The Secretary of the Butchers Association Cow section, Mr Anthony Okoye, said that Eleme Local Government Council was only interested in the money it collects fom the butchers, not minding the condition of the area.
He said that several letters have been written to the council chairman, appealing to him to construct a borehole in the area, but uptil this moment nothing has been done by the council.
“That is why we are calling on the state government to come to our aid, because the council is not doing anything to improve this place, despite the fact that they own it,” he said.
Mr Okoye described the commissioner’s visit as timely, and pledged the association’s readiness to cooperate with the state government to find solution to the problem.
When contacted, an official of Eleme Local Government who spoke under anonymity, denied knowledge of the allegation.
“I am not aware of all these allegations,” he said.