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Senate orders FCT minister to slaughter any cow found within FCT
The Senate, on Monday, came down hard against grazing of cows within the Abuja metropolis, as it ordered that any cow caught wandering within the city be slaughtered.
According to the Senate, alternatively, such cows be arrested, with a fine of N50, 000 imposed on each.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on the FCT, Senator Dino Melaye, handed down the order at an interactive session with the Minister of the FCT, Mohammed Bello and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Tukur Buratai.
Bello and Buratai were at the Senate over controversies surrounding the seizure of the Maitama District Extention by the Army on the orders of the Chief of Army Staff.
According to Melaye, the indiscriminate movement of cows in the FCT has become an embarrassment for residents, adding that the minister and those under him have been authorised to slaughter any cow found wandering within the metropolis.
Melaye further insisted that the FCT Minister must henceforth arrest roaming cows and that severe sanctions will be meted to him if the mandate was not carried out.
The Senator: “We are not particularly happy with the state of sanitation in the FCT. We have received a lot of complaints across the metropolis of FCT but the greatest of it all is the menace of cattle rearers in the territory.
“To me that is absurd, that is not acceptable in the capital city. If it were to be at a time when we have a visiting president/ diplomats from other countries visiting our country what impression are we giving to our visitors.
“So on this note we authorize the slaughter of any cow that is seen within the metropolis and if that is not going to work any cow that is seen within the metropolis of FCT must be arrested with a minimum fine of N50, 000 per cow.
“This must be enforced if not anytime again we see cows or we receive reports of cows moving around the streets, the committee would sanction the FCT administration.”
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews…..
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