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.
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He said the waste management practices in many Nigerian slaughter houses were poor, posing public health and environmental hazards to inhabitants.
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According to him, open dump waste disposal and direct disposal of effluents into water bodies are still common practices in many abattoirs. (NAN)
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