Rumuokoro Abattoir Promises High Level Hygiene

The management of Rumuokoro Abattoir in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area has assured the Rivers State Government of its preparedness to maintain the highest level of personal hygiene in its operations.
Director of the abattoir, Mr Clinton Ichegbo said this in an interview with newsmen shortly after the visit to the abattoir by the Rivers State House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture.
Ichegbo, who is also the landlord to the abattoir said the slaughter, which is the second largest in the state will continue to remain the cleanest in the state.
He said butchers in the market are constantly mobilised to embark on weekly sanitation of the slaughter slab which is regularly cleansed to avoid infection.
According to him, the slaughter authorities is working with veterinary doctors to ensure that meat sold in the area have no traces of injection by any viruses.
Ichegbo also said coronavirus will have no place in the slaughter as movements in and out of the area, are strictly monitored.
He listed some on-going projects in the abattoir to include, the construction of goat houses and slab, among others.
He commended the Rivers State House of Assembly Committe on Agriculture for the visit, stressing that some of their observations will be taken into consideration with a view to further improve the hygienic condition of the slaughter.