![]() In fact, it is second to none but Lagos is bigger in volume and output. Ibadan is biggest in size and facilities. We had visitors who came when they heard about this place, they came from Ghana and they were impressed, it is the biggest by far but not in volume. I want to believe that Lagos is taking advantage but in this place with all the facilities, all the spin off advantages will be felt by the whole state, not Ibadan alone. So it is the biggest easily but in terms of volume, Lagos does about nearly 2000 herds of cattle daily from what I’m told while Ibadan does between 500 and 600 daily. In terms of layout and facility, without any doubt, it is the biggest in West Africa, combined with the market it is a 15 hectares development. ![]() Is it true this is the biggest in Nigeria? It is humongous and this is what we saw when we conceptualized the project. The solid waste can be converted to manure, there are plans for biogas from that waste.Īlso, it provides a source of livelihood for petty traders you can see traders selling water, food and others to the population in that place which is in thousands. Then consider hides and skin if you are in that business, imagine you having a daily volume of 500 hides and skin, in a month, you can imagine what you have, that’s a factory on its own. Blood is food for fish and is used for so many things, even by pharmaceutical companies. ![]() Multiply that by 500 to 600 cattle you can imagine the volume of blood and the money you can make out of blood alone. A slaughtered cattle gives an average of four gallons of blood, that is 16 litres. And you can transfer that to the bones, hides and skin and even the blood, it is a waste that is of high economic value. If you know the volume of waste from 500 to 600 and above herds of cattle, it is a business on its own where you can make millions of naira. Let me take the issue of waste if you have an abattoir that is slaughtering 50 herds of cattle, the waste you get there is not of economic value because it is not big enough for you to invest on, what you will do is just dispose the waste. That place is more or less an economic hub and the advantage of the hub is the centrality because it produces volume which now gives big scale for spin offs. How do you think the Ibadan Central Abattoir project will impact Oyo State? Engineer Abiodun Kehinde Ahmadu, the Chairman of Ahmad Group, a multifaceted company that introduced the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement to the Oyo State government during the administration of late Lam Adesina and the developer of the Ibadan Central abattoir speaks with YEJIDE GBENGA-OGUNDARE on the vision of the project, causes of butcher’s resistance and other issues.
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