Kano Gov, Others Upgrade 20 Slaughter Houses to Supply Processed Meat to South

Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano

Animal merchants in Kano State have concluded arrangements to supply processed meat to the southern part of the country, just as the state government and international partners built twenty modern slaughter houses in the state.

Chief butcher of the slaughter house, Alhaji Ubale Tattabara, disclosed this to journalists during inspection tour to one of the slaughter houses in Kura Local Government Areas of the state.

According to him, traders in Kano began preparation to export the processed meat instead of the usual way of supplying live ruminants like cows, sheep and goats to the region.

His words: “I want to tell you that beef and mutton would be processed, preserved here, and taken to Abuja FCT, the southern region and foreign countries for sale.”

The move followed the provision of 20 slaughterhouses across 20 of the 44 local government areas of the state by the Kano the Agro Pastoral Development Project (KSAP), the Islamic Development Bank, Lives Livelihood Fund (LLF) and other international partners.

According to the KSADP Infrastructure Engineer, Engr. Zaharaddeen Hamisu, each of the slaughterhouses has been built at the cost of N80 million, totaling N1.6 billion for the 20 abattoirs.

Hamisu elaborated: “Before then, if you visit any of the slaughterhouses in Kano City or any of the local government areas, you would hate to eat meat, because of the way the meat was being processed and handled.

“That was why the Kano State Government decided to upgrade and create 20 slaughterhouses in the state, install facilities and hand over to the Sarkin Powers of the areas.

“Now, the people are leveraging on this and are thinking of exporting processed meat instead of live animals.”

The Kura Slaughterhouse has four slaughter slabs. Two are short, for the cutting of light ruminants while the others are tall for small ruminants.