{"id":34502,"date":"2019-09-09T11:38:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T10:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=34502"},"modified":"2019-09-09T11:38:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T10:38:31","slug":"aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/","title":{"rendered":"AEPB Frowns At Rampant Sale Of Donkey Meat In FCT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"I_52qC D_FY W_6D6F\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body\">\n<div class=\"msg-body P_wpofO iy_A mq_AS\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body-content\">\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"yiv3302677402\">\n<div>\n<div>Officials of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board ( AEPB) have condemned the rampant sales of donkey meat to consumers in the Federal Capital Territory( FCT) Abuja.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The officials said meat that were\u00a0 brought into the FCT for sale to residents were also mostly unhealthy &#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to the Director of AEPB, Malam Baba Lawan, the situation has become totally unacceptable.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>National Wires gathered that the Director of AEPB, Malam Baba Lawan, in a statement on Sunday, September 1, in Abuja, also decried the unhealthy state of meat brought into the FCT for sale to residents.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lawan, in a statement signed by the Head of Information and Outreach Programme Unit of AEPB, Malam Muktar Ibrahim said that the situation had become \u201ctotally unacceptable\u201d.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThere is no guarantee of the health status of the meat brought in from the states, unfortunately, the jurisdiction of FCT inspection and regulatory agencies does not extend to other states,\u201d the statement said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lawan directed the Department of Monitoring and Enforcement to seize and destroy any fresh meat from outside brought for sale in FCT.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe are determined to protect public interest and not to run anyone out of business,&#8221; the release added<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe don\u2019t want any economic loss to anyone but there is no going back. The policy has already been approved by FCT Administration. What we want is to upgrade the meat value chain.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u201cAs a budding world class city and capital of Africa\u2019s most populous nation, Abuja attracts a lot of local and foreign dignitaries, therefore, it deserves nothing but the best, especially in food quality.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThus, the meat that is consumed in the FCT must meet global food safety standards,\u201d he declared.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The statement also quoted Dr Regina Adulugba, Director, Veterinary Services, in the Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, as saying that it was unacceptable that FCT should be left behind while other states had since upgraded their Meat Haulage Policy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said that as soon as ministers settles down, the FCTA will declare an emergency in its abattoirs and slaughter slabs to ensure that every animal slaughtered in FCT is healthy and safe for human consumption.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cMany of the butchers bringing in fresh meat into FCT today operated in the FCT before absconding to the states.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIt is quite disturbing that their movement out of FCT coincided with intensification of meat inspection and supervisory rules in FCT.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThey are free to operate in the states, but FCT should never be turned to a centre for dumping unhealthy meat. We won\u2019t allow that,\u201d the statement maintained.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"H_7jIs D_F ab_C Q_69H5 E_36RhU\" data-test-id=\"toolbar-hover-area\">\n<div class=\"D_F W_6D6F r_BN gl_C\" data-test-id=\"card-toolbar\">\n<div class=\"D_F ab_C en_0 b_Z14vXdP e_3mS2U I_52qC P_Z1otBpf\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<hr class=\"M_0 P_0 cn_0\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board ( AEPB) have condemned the rampant sales of donkey meat to consumers in the Federal Capital Territory( FCT) Abuja.\u00a0<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":34503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1593,17,624],"tags":[6119],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-34502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-metro","category-news","category-politics","tag-donkey-meat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AEPB Frowns At Rampant Sale Of Donkey Meat In FCT - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AEPB Frowns At Rampant Sale Of Donkey Meat In FCT - National Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Officials of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board ( AEPB) have condemned the rampant sales of donkey meat to consumers in the Federal Capital Territory( FCT) Abuja.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"National Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-09T10:38:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Donkey-market.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Friday Ekeoba\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/\",\"name\":\"National Wire\",\"description\":\"About Nigerians, Nigerian Business and Other Stories\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Donkey-market.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Donkey-market.jpg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/\",\"name\":\"AEPB Frowns At Rampant Sale Of Donkey Meat In FCT - National Wire\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-09T10:38:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-09T10:38:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"AEPB Frowns At Rampant Sale Of Donkey Meat In FCT\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927\",\"name\":\"Friday Ekeoba\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/author\/friday\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"AEPB Frowns At Rampant Sale Of Donkey Meat In FCT - National Wire","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"AEPB Frowns At Rampant Sale Of Donkey Meat In FCT - National Wire","og_description":"Officials of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board ( AEPB) have condemned the rampant sales of donkey meat to consumers in the Federal Capital Territory( FCT) Abuja.\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/","og_site_name":"National Wire","article_published_time":"2019-09-09T10:38:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Donkey-market.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Friday Ekeoba","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/","name":"National Wire","description":"About Nigerians, Nigerian Business and Other Stories","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Donkey-market.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Donkey-market.jpg","width":650,"height":450},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/","name":"AEPB Frowns At Rampant Sale Of Donkey Meat In FCT - National Wire","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2019-09-09T10:38:31+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-09T10:38:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aepb-frowns-at-rampant-sale-of-donkey-meat-in-fct\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AEPB Frowns At Rampant Sale Of Donkey Meat In FCT"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927","name":"Friday Ekeoba","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/author\/friday\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34504,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34502\/revisions\/34504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34502"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=34502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}