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By Daniel Kanu
Agroup, GMO-Free Nigeria Alliance has warned Nigerians on the dangers of consuming Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOS) products, raising alarm over their poisonous content.
It also asked the federal government to completely ban the consumption of GMO products as they raises serious concerns about safety, regulatory oversight and their potential impacts on the country’s biosafety.
The group made the call at a sensitisation rally in Lagos on Friday, and demanded “a complete ban on GMOs for planting, food production, and processing in Nigeria; a prohibition on imported processed foods containing bioengineered ingredients; increased grants and deployment of extension officers to aid smallholder farmers.
Nullification of all GMO permits granted without thorough and transparent risk assessments; improved rural infrastructure to support farming communities, and investment in agroecology, organic farming and such other food production practices.”
