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Wike’s Aide Wants Butchers To Reconstruct Slabs
Butchers in the state
have been charged on the urgent need to reconstruct their slaughter slab and also provide channels for waste.
The Special Adviser to Governor Nyesom Wike on Pollution Control, Sir Nwuke Anucha, gave the charge last week at a seminar in Port Harcourt.
He noted that the charge was in line with the state government’s effort to promote abattoir business.
Anucha also frowned at the continuous practice of roasting hydes/skin with condemned tyres, saying that it is an unhealthy practice.
According to him, the activities of some slaughter operators at Eleme axis was unbecoming as they indulged in several unwholesome activities.
He stressed the state government’s intention of maintaining a pollution free environment, saying that anyone found wanting would be forced to face the law.
He also threatened to close down any slaughter house that continues to use condemned tyre in roasting cattle skin/hydes.
The Tide gathered that Aucha’s findings were proven by the Commissioner for Environment, Prof. Roselyn Konya, who also warned against the butchers’ attitude to business operation in the state.
The seminar had in attendants all union heads of slaughter houses in the state and key players in pollution and slaughter operators in the state.