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4 goats, 4 sheep, 2 kids arrested in Kogi’s ‘operation arrest all stray animals’
A clampdown on all stray animals on the streets of Kogi State has started yielding results, so says the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mrs Rosemary Osikoya.
Mrs Osikoya revealed that four goats, four sheep and two kids have thus far been arrested and are being detained at the premises of the new State secretariat in Lokoja following the launch of “operation arrest all stray animals”.
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According to her, her ministry will not rest on its oars to rid the streets of Kogi of stray animals which constitute nuisance in most cases.
“Operation arrest all stray animals’ has begun in Lokoja. The Kogi State Sanitation and Waste Management Board (KGSSWMB) Law 2013, provides for payment of fine within 48 hours of arrest and an option of auction after 3 days”, she said.
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yanju omotodun
February 12, 2017 at 11:16 am
So shameless is kogi state out of all states in Nigeria. What a stupid law or initiative when other states are brainstorming on how to move their state forward, there they are arresting goats and sheep. Am sure they will start arresting rats and cockroaches very soon in public.
JOHNSON PETER
February 12, 2017 at 11:44 am
Lol. Any stray animals would be arrested, so stray termites, stray bed bugs and every other animals should be arrested. The state is so backward truly and they have abundant resources but no good heads to tap them for the benefit of the state.
Roland Uchendu Pele
February 12, 2017 at 12:08 pm
Wait. I hope the two “kids” that they meant isn’t human beings, because that word is not used only for the young ones of sheep and goats. Someone should please check before we start another round of human trafficking!
Balarabe musa
February 12, 2017 at 12:30 pm
It is a good law sincerely. This is obtainable in the western world. They don’t allow animals to move about freely thereby constituting nuisance to the environment. I support this.
Animashaun Ayodeji
February 12, 2017 at 1:20 pm
Animals are supposed to be disciplined, it makes no sense for anyone rearing animals to allow them jump to the streets anyhow. Straying animals are too much in Kogi State, in fact they have more confidence than human beings whenever they want to cross the road
Johnson Amadi
February 12, 2017 at 1:23 pm
I think it’s child abuse to refer to kids as animals alongside the goats and sheep arrested. That was just too mean, it’s just like calling all the residents of Kogi state ‘animals’ without etiquettes
Margret Dickson
February 12, 2017 at 1:27 pm
It is not an insult, she only said the obvious. Let’s face reality some people from Kogi State do behave like animals, they have no form of etiquette whatsoever. I /strongly support her
Joy Madu
February 13, 2017 at 3:45 am
True talk kogi state governor is also an animal for allowing such arrest