GMO foods spread cancer, other diseases in Nigeria – Stakeholders send message FG

Health stakeholders and experts person raised concerns implicit the deployment and depletion of Genetically Modified Organism, GMO, foods successful Nigeria, alleging that they could lend to the dispersed of crab and different terminal illnesses successful Africa’s astir populous country.

The concerns were expressed on Tuesday during a one-day media grooming connected biosafety and agroecology successful Nigeria attended by journalists, including DAILY POST.

The grooming focused connected Nigeria’s nutrient future, biosafety regulations, and the perceived antagonistic impacts of GMO crops connected health, biodiversity, and nutrient security.

Recall that successful March 2026, the National Committee connected Naming, Registration, and Release of Crop Varieties, Livestock Breeds, and Fisheries approved and registered 4 caller transgenic fabric varieties without requisite clearance from the National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA.

The improvement came amid increasing nationalist statement implicit the deployment of GMO crops successful Nigeria. The House of Representatives had besides conducted an investigative proceeding connected the instauration of GMOs into the country’s cultivation system.

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