KSI ABATTOIR UNDERGOES MODERNIZATION

The Kumasi Abattoir has undergone a transformation following the construction of a modern meat market that now guarantees hygienic meat for members of the public. 

This followed an amicable resolution of a misunderstanding between the butchers and management of the facility after years of mistrust and legal battle over efforts to modernize the Abattoir to meet the increasing competition from the private meat industry. 

Aside from the ‘Butchers’ Palace’ which is the focal project, the meat market complex also involves the provision of open and lockable stores for petty traders who sell vegetables and other food products at cost that meet their individual financial positions to make the centre a one-stop shop facility for patrons of the Abattoir. It has also, places of convenience, changing rooms, a free car park, spaces for easy vehicular, tricycles and human movement in and around the complex. 

The Chief Butcher at the Abattoir, Alhaji Musah Bawa Tanko told our correspondent who recently visited the facility that a strategy has been put in place to sustainably maintain the new meat market. He however entreated state regulatory authorities to close down all unregulated and unhygienic meat processing sites in the Ashanti region to protect the unsuspecting public from contracting preventable diseases.

 The Managing Director of the Abattoir, Joseph Owusu Boadi said early this month, all occupants of temporary structures and unhygienic meat selling booths will be relocated to the modern ‘Butchers’ Shop’. He expressed serious concerns about the stalling of a Korea Government/UNIDO funded model Biogas project that was to enable the Abattoir convert the animal waste from the slaughter house into biogas to reduce the cost of operation.