Senate To FCT Residents: Kill Any Cow Found In Abuja City

The Senate, through its Committee on FCT, Monday, asked residents of Abuja metropolis  to, henceforth, slaughter cows found in the city centre.
The directive was handed down to the Minister of
Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Mohammed Bello, on 27th September by
Chairman of the committee, Senator Dino Melaye, (APC, Kogi West), when he appeared before the committee,

Melaye, who gave the order in a speech read at the

session ordered the FCT Minister to go beyond the ban by facilitating the slaughtering order issued the senate committee. As  it was very disappointing, annoying and embarrassing that despite the ban placed on cattle grazing in FCT by FCTA authority, some stubborn herdsmen were still moving cows along and across highways within the metropolis. 

Melaye told the minister, “the Senate is not happy at

how herdsmen continue to move their cows across the city centre, which we are aware you had given directive against some time ago.

“From now on, get knives and ask your men to

slaughter cows found in the capital city or prosecute

herdsmen seen with cows in the city centre with a fine

of N50,000 per cow. This order must be carried out.”

He further revealed that the Senate was in receipt of complaints that some residents of the territory were converting their apartments into hotels and brothels, a situation he said was distorting the original master plan of the city. He noted that some people were already undermining FCT authority under his watch, which he said was unacceptable.

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