LASG Set To Hold Stakeholders’ Engagement On Red Meat Value Chain

Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya

The Lagos State Government is set to hold a Stakeholders’ Engagement on the Red Meat Value Chain in furtherance of its reforms and sanitisation of the value chain.
The Stakeholders’ Engagement is expected to hold on Wednesday, 3rd, March 2021, at the Adeyemi-Bero Auditorium, Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja.

Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, has said that the present administration is set to hold a Stakeholders’ Engagement on the Red Meat Value Chain in furtherance of its reforms and sanitisation of the value chain.

Olusanya, who made this known over the weekend, said the Stakeholders’ Engagement will hold on Wednesday, 3rd, March 2021, at the Adeyemi-Bero Auditorium, Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja.

She stressed that the engagement becomes imperative to sensitise stakeholders on the accepted best practices in the production of wholesome meat for consumption to ensure the success of the reforms in the value chain.

Olusanya asserted that the reform of the value chain is centred on the production of wholesome meat right from the slaughtering stage until it gets to the plate with good economic returns to the producers and processors under a three-pronged strategy christened ATM.

She stated that the strategy- ATM (Abattoir, Transportation and Market) was to guarantee the safety and health of the populace by ensuring that only certified animals were slaughtered and wholesome beef made available to the citizenry in the market.

The commissioner further assured that if stakeholders would follow through with the right process, it could boost international recognition of beef from the State thus opening up an export portal for foreign exchange.

Stakeholders expected at the engagement include members of the Abattoir Concessionaire Forum, the Executive Council and Board of Trustees of the Lagos State Butchers’ Association as well as members of the Lagos State Butchers’ Association from each abattoir and slaughterhouse.