{"id":4338,"date":"2025-04-17T16:13:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=4338"},"modified":"2025-04-17T17:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:25:51","slug":"central-equatoria-state-minister-orders-immediate-closure-of-two-slaughterhouses-over-sanitation-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=4338","title":{"rendered":"Central Equatoria State Minister Orders Immediate Closure of Two Slaughterhouses Over Sanitation Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Minister of Animal Resources, Fisheries, and Tourism in Central Equatoria State, <strong>Alex Lotiyu Elia<\/strong>, has ordered the <strong>immediate closure of two slaughterhouses<\/strong> in <strong>Mangala Payam<\/strong> due to <strong>poor hygiene standards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese slaughterhouses must shut down immediately until sanitation issues are resolved,\u201d Elia stated after inspecting the facilities in <strong>Gumbo<\/strong>. \u201cHuman life is more valuable than the revenue we collect. That said, we are not banning slaughterhouse operations entirely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged the <strong>slaughterhouse owners<\/strong> and the <strong>butchers\u2019 union leader<\/strong> to meet with the ministry to explore viable solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elia also <strong>called on the national government and investors<\/strong> to help fund the construction of <strong>modern, hygienic slaughter facilities<\/strong>, stating that improved infrastructure would <strong>ensure cleaner environments<\/strong> and <strong>reduce the risk of disease transmission<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>Noel Lado<\/strong>, Payam Director of Rajaf, noted that <strong>local residents have long demanded<\/strong> the relocation of slaughterhouses from residential zones due to health hazards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople here have complained that <strong>waste from the slaughterhouses<\/strong> is making them and their children sick,\u201d Lado explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, <strong>Paul Bol<\/strong>, owner of <strong>Bilnyang Slaughterhouse<\/strong>, appealed to state authorities to reconsider the shutdown, stressing the <strong>economic impact on workers and meat supply<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe government should allow us to keep operating. If the slaughterhouses are shut down, <strong>where will the butchers work? Where will people get their meat?<\/strong> We should wait for a meeting with the ministry first,\u201d Bol argued. The closed facilities include <strong>Dubai and Bilnyang slaughterhouses<\/strong> in <strong>Mangala Payam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Animal Resources, Fisheries, and Tourism in Central Equatoria State, Alex Lotiyu Elia, has ordered the immediate closure of two slaughterhouses in Mangala Payam due to poor hygiene&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4340,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338\/revisions\/4340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}