The Lagos State Government has ordered the Oko-Oba Abattoir in Agege to reopen after the operators improved their sanitation and hygiene practices.
The government had closed the facility on June 19 due to poor environmental conditions and bad practices.
On Saturday, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, said on X (formerly Twitter) that the operators had now met the basic hygiene standards required to run an abattoir in Lagos.
He said the government would now carry out monthly checks at the abattoir to make sure rules are being followed.
In a separate statement on Friday, the ministry warned the operators not to go back to bad habits like dirty handling of meat, poor waste management, or unhygienic working conditions.
Before the closure, Wahab had visited the facility and was unhappy with what he saw. In a video, he said animals were being slaughtered and waste dumped into public drains, which he called unacceptable.
He also said some people were sleeping in the market next to the animals, which he described as unsafe and unhealthy.
After the closure, the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps cleared illegal structures that had been built around the drainage system inside the abattoir area.
The ministry added that it is now working together with the Ministry of Agriculture to improve cleanliness and proper operation of the abattoir.
