Senate to FCT residents: Slaughter any cow found in Abuja City
Tue Sep 27, 2016 09:09:am National
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Disturbed by the menace of roaming cattle on the streets of Abuja, the nation's capital, the Senate, through its Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has authorised the FCT Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Bello, to kill any cow roaming in the metropolis.
The minister was given the marching order on Monday at an interactive session with the authorities of the FCT Ministry.
The committee's Chairman, Senator Dino Melaye, said that the arbitrary movements of cows on Abuja streets and highways have been a concern to the National Assembly and residents of the nation's capital.
Melaye said: "We are not particularly happy with the state of sanitation in the FCT. We have received a lot of complaints across the FCT metropolis but the greatest of it all is the menace of cattle rearers."
He recalled how on his way to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, he saw an underaged herdsman with over 50 cows passing through the pedestrian route thereby blocking the only way for pedestrians and causing confusion among the residents of the area.
Senator Melaye said that the trend is absurd and unacceptable in the capital city, noting that, "If it were to be at a time when we have visiting presidents/diplomats, what impression would we have given to our visitors.
"So on this note, we authorise the minister to slaughter 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," he said.
On the sanitation of the metropolis, Melaye said that it was the second time the committee would be talking about the poor state of sanitation in the FCT, lamenting that, "the situation is absolutely absurd and we are not happy about it."
He also frowned at the menace of hawkers and beggars on the streets and asked the minister to enforce the law on the matter.
Responding, Bello assured the committee that his administration would address the issues raised by the lawmakers. He promised to check the menace of cattle rearers in the metropolis.
The minister was given the marching order on Monday at an interactive session with the authorities of the FCT Ministry.
The committee's Chairman, Senator Dino Melaye, said that the arbitrary movements of cows on Abuja streets and highways have been a concern to the National Assembly and residents of the nation's capital.
Melaye said: "We are not particularly happy with the state of sanitation in the FCT. We have received a lot of complaints across the FCT metropolis but the greatest of it all is the menace of cattle rearers."
He recalled how on his way to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, he saw an underaged herdsman with over 50 cows passing through the pedestrian route thereby blocking the only way for pedestrians and causing confusion among the residents of the area.
Senator Melaye said that the trend is absurd and unacceptable in the capital city, noting that, "If it were to be at a time when we have visiting presidents/diplomats, what impression would we have given to our visitors.
"So on this note, we authorise the minister to slaughter 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," he said.
On the sanitation of the metropolis, Melaye said that it was the second time the committee would be talking about the poor state of sanitation in the FCT, lamenting that, "the situation is absolutely absurd and we are not happy about it."
He also frowned at the menace of hawkers and beggars on the streets and asked the minister to enforce the law on the matter.
Responding, Bello assured the committee that his administration would address the issues raised by the lawmakers. He promised to check the menace of cattle rearers in the metropolis.
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