Export Standard Slaughterhouse Owned by Members of Ethiopian Somali Diaspora Inaugurated in Jigjiga

Saturday April 9, 2016

By Ahmed Deeq Hussein

Members of the USAID team along with Ethiopian Somali region President and speaker of the house of regional council [Photo: Ahmed Deeq]

Dr. Faysal Guhad the manager & properly founder

Ethiopian-Somali Region has made enormous progress in terms of development, peace, security and stability. As an extensive pastoralism practicing community, the region is considered to be a place for the country’s leading livestock population, with 84% pastoralist and agro-pastoralists. The livelihoods of most families depend on animal and animal products (livestock) and agriculture. Vast of our pastoral communities were suffering due to lack of animal marketing and may still come across difficulties through illegal livestock marketing across the border.

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Somali Region has inaugurated an international standard Jijiga Export Slaughter House (JESH), as of February/25/2016 G.c. — which is the most modern and largest abattoirin Ethiopia. The project investment is estimated at a staggering 172 million birr. Diaspora community members took the lion share in coming up with relevant innovative ideas and strategic plan to set up such sophisticated abattoir in the Somali Region of Ethiopia.

This Slaughter House has the capacity to process 600 cattle and 6000 small ruminant (sheep & goats) per day. The abattoir has cold-chain—which has carrying capacity to maintain for a year and keep meet in good condition until the processed meat be exported to international markets, according to international standards, and will be Halal-certified for exporting to the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

The abattoir (slaughterhouse) has created job opportunities for 200 individuals and other 2000 people would be benefiters through establishing group based cooperative associations to supply animals and those will service animal fattening. It will also create a solid market for animal marketing and to export meet in other world. Thus the project will also contribute country’s Phase Two of Growth and Transformation Plan (GTPII), the economic development of the country, especially, the Ethiopian-Somali region.

Dr. Faysal Guhad the manager and properly founder of abattoir on his side extended his best gratitude to His Excellency, Mr. President, Abdi M. Omar for his precious support to construct a 2km road and electric power installation cost for this project. As, mobilizing and enabling the investment environment for diaspora communities — so that they can invest their region and the country. “The existing peace and stability in Somali Region gave me full confidence to invest huge capital with these projects,” said Dr. Faysal.

The manager of JESH, Dr. Fayal, expressed his gratitude to H.E Mrs. Patricia M. Haslach (US Ambassador), and a special thank you to The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for their substantial support and Mercy Corps as well. Dr. Faysal mentioned and explained how this project will solve issues of animal marketing since this abattoir will create huge market for livestock for Somali Region.

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