Lagos State Government has sealed off the cow skin (popularly known as
ponmo) processing section of the Oko-Oba abattoir and Lairage Complex in
Agege. A statement by the Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture,
Toyin Suarau, states that the closure of the ponmo section and
dislodgment of the processors became necessary because of the health
hazards inherent in the unhealthy manner those processing the cow skin
employed.
“The ponmo processors use heaps of burning tyres, thereby, emitting
thick toxic smoke into the air endangering residents of the adjoining
neighbourhood. This bonfire emits a thick toxic smoke which spreads from
within the complex to adjoining neighbourhoods, endangering the lives
including those of the processors themselves. I wish to make it clear
that the use of tyres for cow skin processing was reported to the State
government sometime ago and was dealt with. The return to this
unhygienic method of processing in the complex leaves much to be desired
and this is why the state government has closed the ponmo section of
the complex” he said
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