A significant decrease in the sale of cow meat, has been recorded in Jos, Plateau State.
This was made known on Wednesday by the Chairman of Butchers Association at the Jos Abattoir, Samson Okafor, blaming the low patronage on poor economy and worsening security.
Speaking with journalists on Wednesday, Okafor affirmed that butchers used to slaughter 200 cows daily, excluding goats, but now hardly slaughter 30 cows per day due to the current economic crunch.
He explained that apart from the financial crunch, the high cost of purchasing and transporting the cows had also affected their price, making them more expensive than they were in the past, according to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
“In 2020 till mid-2021, a big cow cost between N150,000 to N180,000. However, the scenario is different now, that size of cow now goes for N230,000 to N 300,000,” he disclosed.
The chairman asserted that the abattoir was confronted with the challenge of insecurity due to the absence of perimeter fencing.
