Stray cows will be slaughtered, fed to prisoners, Ghana mayor warns

The Mayor of Kumasi, Richard Boadi, has issued a strong warning to cattle rearers, stating that, effective May 1, any stray cow in the city will be seized and slaughtered.

 

Boadi added that the slaughtered cows would be fed to inmates at the Kumasi Central Prison.

 

He made the disclosure in a press conference held in Kumasi on Friday.

 

According to the mayor, the decision was a response to the 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.

 

“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.”