The
Osun State Government on Monday announced that butchers in the state
would henceforth pay N700 as levy for every cow slaughtered for sale in
the state.
The announcement followed a decision
reached at a meeting between the state government and Osun Cattle
Butchers Association in Osogbo.
Mr Wale Adedoyin, a consultant to the
state government, who represented it at the meeting, told newsmen that
the levy was introduced to boost internally-generated revenue of the
state.
According to him, parties at the meeting
agreed that henceforth the establishment of a new slaughter slab will
attract payment of N50, 000.
Adedoyin, a former commissioner for
agriculture and food security in the state, added that registration of
each member of the butchers association would attract N2,500 while
annual renewal of registration would cost N1,000.
Adedoyin explained that the levies
became necessary in order to improve on the finances of the state,
adding that proceeds from the levy would also be used for provision of
necessary facilities and the abattoirs.
He stated that levy was not intended to
cause hardship or pains to the butchers, and appealed to them to
cooperate with the government.
Also speaking, Dr Bukola Aluko,
Coordinating Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Youth
Engagement in the state, assured butchers that the government would
provide facilities and support them to make their operations easier.
In their reaction to the development,
Chairman and Patron of the butchers association, Alhaji Sulaiman
Adebimpe and Alhaji Tiamiyu Alamu, respectively, expressed gratitude to
the state for always involving them in decisions that affect the group.
They assured that their members would strive to comply with the levy directive.
(NAN
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