A newly built GH¢1.2 million World bank funded abattoir for the Bolgatanga Municipality is yet to be put to use 2 years after the completion of the project.
The Municipal Chief Executive for Bolgatanga, Amiyuure Joseph Atura has said the Assembly has not given up on efforts to relocate butchers from the heart of the regional capital, Bolgatanga to Yorogo, a surbub of the township.
The Assembly for almost two years has been struggling to move the butchers to the over one million cedis world Bank funded facility.
The relocation has led to the Assembly signing a Memorandum of understanding earlier in March this year with the butchers that required that the Assembly move the animal market to the community to reduce their operational cost.
The utilization of the completed abattoir according to the Assembly is tied to them securing full funding for the completion of a mechanical enclave which is currently under construction.
Speaking to newsmen in Bolgatanga, the MCE said the Assembly has not given up on the relocation of the butchers adding, the spread of the coronavirus disease has largely accounted for the delay in relocating the butchers.
“We have not given up. We have been consulting these butchers over sometime and even had to sign a memorandum of understanding with them and the issue was that were to have a slaughter slab at the place and we have done that. They were also talking about the movement of the meat and we have a meat van that will be carrying their meat to the market center. It is just COVID-19 that has interrupted our movements and we are thinking that it won’t be long, we will revisit the possibility of having to relocate the butchers.
It is something that we cannot compromise because we have spent money on an asset and a very decent asset which the butchers must use”. Mr. Amiyuure noted
He adds that the Assembly is constructing a canning factory alongside the abattoir at the same location.
