Vet doctor calls for law to guide abattoir operations in Nigeria

Dr Mutiu Oladele-Bukola, a veterinary doctor at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Obafemi Awolowo University, Moore Plantation, Ibadan, has called on governments to institute laws guiding abattoir operations. Oladele-Bukola made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan. He said governments should also enforce […]

Vet doctor calls for law to guide abattoir operations in Nigeria

Dr Mutiu Oladele-Bukola, a veterinary doctor at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Obafemi Awolowo University, Moore Plantation, Ibadan, has called on governments to institute laws guiding abattoir operations.

Oladele-Bukola made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan.

He said governments should also enforce absolute compliance to the law for a standard operation by the abattoirs.

He said the waste management practices in many Nigerian slaughter houses were poor, posing public health and environmental hazards to inhabitants.

According to him, open dump waste disposal and direct disposal of effluents into water bodies are still common practices in many abattoirs. (NAN)