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Minna, Nov. 10, 2016 (NAN) Alhaji Zakari Audu, the District Manager of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) in Niger, urged the state government to relocate the slaughter slab in the state capital to an abbatoir.
Audu made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Thursday.
He said that the stench from the slab might cause an epidemic in the environment.
The manager said that the NRC office was mostly affected because the corporation shared
a fence with the slab.
He complained that there were no facilities, including water in the area and as such the presence of the
slab in the metropolis had defaced the capital city.
“Operators of the slab, along Ladi Kwali Road on IBB Way, have continued to defy government orders by their continuous stay in the metropolis.
“They should be at the abattoir where basic facilities are provided for them.
“It is a health hazard and we find it difficult to stay here when it starts smelling because the operators
hardly pour chemicals on the dung to quench the bad odour.”
Audu also said that the butchers were encroaching on NRC’s land and called for urgent government attention.
One of the butchers’ leaders, Alhaji Baba Abu, told NAN that they had been operating at the location for about 35 years and were used to the place.
“Our problem is not to be relocated from this place but to be assisted with a borehole so that we can have water at all times.
“On a daily basis, we buy over 15 trucks of water, which really gulp a lot of money and spending N3,000 on water can really be financially tasking.” (NAN)
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Edited by Maureen Atuonwu/Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu