Onitsha Main Market Butchers Union Bemoans High Cost of Cows Commends Gov. Soludo on Development Initiatives in Anambra State.

Eche Nwaobosi reporting from Onitsha

High Chief Sunday Arum Ezekiel Nwaobodo (aka) Nwata Kwochaa aka of Obe in Enugu State who is the chairman United Butchers Association Main Market Onitsha the Umbrella body of all butchers in the market as well as other markets like Ochanja, Ose etc has bemoaned high cost of cows in Nigeria noting that, that was the reason cost of meats are on the increase daily especially in the South East, South South and middle belt areas of the country.

Disclosing this while speaking to journalists who came to Butchers zone of Onitsha Main Market to monitor the going on in the market yesterday, Nwobodo said that so many factors are responsible for this rise in price of Cows. These factor he enumerated to includes daily downfall of Nigeria currency (Naira to other currencies), insecurity which had left many herders killed in the forest, cost of transportation which he said is always on the increase stressing that cows which was in the past sold at N500,000.00, Seven thousand Naira are now being sold at not less than a Million Naira or more adding that these ugly development has thrown a lot of them out of business.

While saying that they need help to encourage them to remain in business, He suggested that government should consider creating various soft loan prorammes to subsidize their businesses either by subsidizing the cost of transportation as well as creating ranches to every part of the country to abolish open grazing etc so that it will be easy for them to access cows at affordable rates.

Commenting on the general sanitary condition of their abaitor and obeying of government stipulated safety standard on quality of meats, He stated that their members in everywhere they operates carry their business under the state and local government safety standard regulations as its concern sanitation and quality of meat adding that government officials through their veterinary personnels ensures that their abaitors are well kept clean and don’t indulged in selling of dead or decayed meats.

On Gov. Chukwuma Soludo achievements in Anambra State so far, he describes it as excellent adding that his achievements in the state has surpassed all achievements of his predecessors in office assuring that his entire members will give him maximum support for a second tenure in office in case he want to come back to the office.