Mayo Banyo Administration warn butchers against exploitation of consumers

Mayor  Garba Soule front, First Assistant SDO Farikou Boubakari behind.

Following  the intrudoction of unorthodox  prices of meat,due to the high demand during this  fasting period by some butchers, the Administration of  Mayo Banyo  Division in Adamawa Region under the auspices of the First Assistant SDO, Farikou Boubakari together with the Mayor of Banyo Council,Bakari Soule and the Divisional Officer, Gam , on Monday March 27 took meat sellers by storm, as they visited  meat  sale slabs to control and regulate the prices of meat  to stop exploitation of consumers by  butchers . The media outing came against a backdrop of rumours of a sharp increase in the prices of meat introduced by butchers without regards to qualify. 

It is on this premise that the administration went down the field to check and put an end to the excesses said to have affected many homes in the area. 

In a bit to sanitize the sector, the  First Assistant SDO and his team  controlled  the quality of meat and the scale balances to ensure that  consumers are not exploited by unscrupulous butchers.

Some of the scale balances  assumed to have been tempered with were rejected and owners given one week to replace them,or face the heavy arm of the law.

Inspecting the scale balances

On the prices of meat, the Administration instructed the butcher  to label the prices  of meat following the differences in quality.

Prior to the media outing of the Administration, some buchers are said to raised the prices of meat per kilo without regards to the quality.

Inspecting quality of meat

Accordingly,the price of meat ranges from FCA 1500frs to 3000frs based on the quality.

Sellers were advised to label their meat in accordance with the catigory or quality to enable buyers make their choices.

On preservation and hygienic condition under which meat is sold,  butchers were advised to take advantage of  the facilities provided by the council to improve on the quality and the hygienic condition under which meat is sold. They were also urged to  acquire more storage facilities like  refrigerators to  ease preservation of meat and improvement in the  hygienic condition under which fresh meat is stored and sold. 

Electricity  was  however identified as one of the major problems  faced buy butchers in the area. 

The Administration gave butchers one week to regularize their activities or face the heavy arm of the law.

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By chifu Edward

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