Politics Senate Orders Arrest, Slaughter of Roaming Cows in FCT, Abuja

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The Nigerian senate has ordered that roaming cows in Abuja be slaughtered.

This is as instructed by the Chairman of Senate Committee on FCT, Senator Dino Melaye at an interactive meeting with the FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello and Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Brutai in Abuja.

An alternative is that the roaming cows should be arrested and a fine of N50, 000 imposed per cow, he said.

“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.”

He recalled how on his way to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, he saw an underage herdsman with over 50 cows passing through the pedestrian route which blocked the only route for created for pedestrians. This caused pandemonium, he said.

“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.”
 

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