- The Lagos State Government has called for private sector partnership to establish feedlots in the state for cattle rearing in furtherance of its reforms and sanitisation of the red meat value chain.
- The government stated that the partnership became necessary to ensure better production and supply of cattle for consumption in the state.
The Lagos State Government has called for private sector partnership to establish feedlots in the state for cattle rearing and fattening in furtherance of its reforms and sanitisation of the red meat value chain.
The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abi Olusanya, made the call on Wednesday at a Stakeholders’ Engagement on the Red Meat Value Chain.
Olusanya stated that the partnership became necessary to ensure better production and supply of cattle for consumption in the state.
According to her, the feedlots when operational would help revive and resuscitate cows that might have travelled from far cities such as Sokoto, Jalingo, Bauchi and Jigawa among others.
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She stressed that it would also help in fattening the cows for improved quality of beef before taking them to the slaughter slabs as well as helping butchers and meat sellers to make more profit.
The commissioner stressed the need for more abattoirs to cater for the over 22 million people in the State, thus the need for public-private partnership investments in the sector.
Olusanya stated that the transportation of meat carcasses using only the designated Eko refrigerated meat vans as well as the marketing of beef in standardised meat shops to prevent customers from touching the meat before purchase would be strictly enforced henceforth.
She further noted that the stakeholders’ engagement was a strategic approach to meet with key players in the red meat value chain to discuss ways to develop and sustain the sector, as well as listen to their grievances and challenges.
On his part, the Chairman, Lagos State Butchers Association, Mr. Bamidele Kareem, commended the state government on its effort to upgrade the production of red meat and pledged the support of the association.
He said the association was ready to partner with the state government on the establishment of feedlots but requested that the challenges confronting meat production such as poor economy, epileptic power supply and poor infrastructure, among others, be addressed.
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