The Mayor of Kumasi, Richard Boadi, has warned herders that with effect from May 1, any cow found straying in the city will be seized and slaughtered to feed prison inmates.
Boadi handed down the stern warning at a press conference in Kumasi on Friday amid growing problem of cattle roaming freely and disrupting public life—an issue he described as unworthy of the city’s stature.
He urged all herders to keep their animals out of the metropolis to avoid severe consequences.
According to the Mayor, “There is another thing I will want you to help me look at. If you have cattle and if they stray in the vicinity of KMA, be assured that from May 1, they will be killed and given to Kumasi Central Prison for food. Especially the route from the airport through to Manhyia Palace.
“I cannot sit for visitors come to Kumasi [and] from the airport to Manhyia, and all they see are faecal matter from cattle