Why we shut down Oko-Oba Abattoir – Tokunbo Wahab
The Lagos Articulate Commissioner for Atmosphere and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has printed why his ministry shut down the Oko-Oba Abattoir in Agege.
Wahab spoke on Sunday on ARISE TV’s Morning Point out, where he addressed the significant causes within the serve of the Lagos Articulate Authorities’s shutdown of the Oko-Oba Abattoir.
“What we stumbled on all thru our inspection changed into as soon as past unacceptable, operators have been recklessly discharging uncooked animal kill, blood, and dreadful wastewater proper now into public drainage systems, polluting your total location and even neighboring properties,” he stated.
“This isn’t righteous about sanitation violations; it’s about keeping human lives. It’s consistently been about that for this administration.
“The health implications for Agege residents are severe, dreadful water sources, disease outbreaks, and environmental degradation.”
Based mostly completely completely on Wahab, all of these can't be allowed by the Lagos Articulate Authorities to proceed without test.
The commissioner, nonetheless, stated that the shutdown is non permanent and the capability would be re-opened proper now the elemental guidelines for working an abattoir in a mega city is adhered to.
“No blackmail will push us to risking the lives of law-abiding residents of the pronounce,” Wahab warned.
