Osun govt imposes N700 levy on each slaughtered cow

The Osun State Government on Monday(August1) announced that butchers in the state would henceforth pay N700 as levy for every cow slaughtered for sale in the state.

The announcement followed a decision made at a meeting between the state government and Osun Cattle Butchers Association in Osogbo.

Mr Wale Adedoyin, a consultant to the state government, who represented it at the meeting, told newsmen that the levy was introduced to boost internally-generated revenue of the state.

According to him, parties at the meeting agreed that henceforth the establishment of a new slaughter slab will attract payment of N50, 000.

Adedoyin, a former commissioner for agriculture and food security in the state, added that registration of each member of the butchers association would attract N2,500 while annual renewal of registration would cost N1,000.

They assured that their members would strive to comply with the levy directive.