A delegation of Kwara State Government has visited the Mandate Market in Ilorin to confirm claim that some traders within the market allegedly deal in poisoned cow meat.
On the team were the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Toyosi Thomas-Adebayo; Commissioner for Health Dr. Amina Ahmed El-Imam; officials from the Ministry of Environment, including the Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency Mrs Folorunsho Idayat, and officials from the Ministry of Health including the Permanent Secretary Alhaja Afusat Ibrahim, and the Director of Public Health Dr. Oluwatosin Fakayode, many other personalities.
This medium gathered that the government has, in an attempt to substantiate the claim, impounded all the suspected meats for immediate laboratory test claims following a robust deliberation with leadership of the Mandate Market.
In a statement issued by the Dr. Amina on Sunday, the state government said the public will be updated on further developments, admonishing the populace to be calm pending outcome of ongoing investigation.
