The Lagos State Government has ordered the reopening of OKO-Toba rearrangement in the state agege.
The state government closed the slaughterhouse because of the unhygienic practice on June 13.
Commissioner of State for Environmental and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, announced the reopening of animal slaughtering at a post on X on Saturday.
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He said the decision followed the fulfillment of sanitation and hygienic recipes by the operator.
Wahab wrote: “Operators have substantially complying with the minimum benchmark for the operation of a bathing house in the state, which was initially harassed at first, requiring closure.”
He said officials from the ministry would conduct periodic inspections of facilities at the slaughterhouse as part of the condition to reopen the facility.