A Facebook user has shared the deplorable condition of where Suya meats are being prepared.. and the environment looks dirty and beyond unhygienic..

According to the Facebook user, you’d think twice before approaching that Aboki to buy a soothing spicy cow meat.

The dirty environment and poor or zero hygiene conditions in which Suya is made and handled in many places in Nigeria, has called for a great concern.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has warned Nigerians against the consumption of some popular delicacies like Suya is dangerous to the health.

According to the Minister, other forms of meat including Kilishi (spicy dried cow meat) and Ngwo-Ngwo, (assorted meat pepper soup) also lead to the death of many Nigerians as they cause hypertension leading cardiovascular disease in Nigeria and can result in stroke if untreated.

Many Nigerians, however, do not agree with Prof. Adewole as they see the consumption of such delicacies as a must and most times, they come quite cheap.

Suya is Nigerian street food at its most popular it is never made at home. Well, almost never. The exceptions? If you invite the suya man himself into your humble abode to rustle some up and if you are (like me), away from home, in diaspora and hankering after spicy meats of years past, then of course permission is granted to ‘try this at home’.

On the street, it is prepared by Mallams, men from the north of the country, trained in the art and spice of meat preservation. It has very humble origins, being the preserve of pastoral nomads who travelled with their herds of cattle and often had to use the meat of the animals both for food and trade. Thanks to the ‘wandering’ of these men, every nook and cranny in every Nigerian city boasts a ‘suya spot’.