The Nationwide Company for Meals and Medicine Administration and Management (NAFDAC) and Nationwide Orientation Company (NOA) have warned farmers to keep away from utilizing chemical compounds to retailer and protect meals grains to protect the well being and well-being of Nigerians who eat grains as meals staples.
LEADERSHIP experiences that farmers within the northern a part of the nation use chemical compounds to retailer and protect grains for later use due to an absence of recent storage services. Fatalities had been recorded the place unsuspecting households died after consuming chemically preserved grains within the area.
The director of NOA in Bauchi, Mrs Theresa Omaga, issued the warning whereas interacting with native grain sellers at Soro Grains Market within the Ganjuawa native authorities space.
She famous that different dangerous environmental results of utilizing chemical compounds embrace soil, water, and air contamination, which may hurt the ecosystems and wildlife.
Mrs Omaga famous that correct storage and preservation of crops are important to sustaining their high quality, decreasing spoilage, and guaranteeing meals security whereas interesting to individuals to all the time undertake wholesome methods to retailer and protect their crops.
For his half, Hamis Yahaya, state coordinator of NAFDAC Bauchi, famous that it’s a part of NAFDAC’s mandate to make sure that solely licensed and wholesome meals and medicines are in the marketplace for public consumption.
Represented by Mr Mallah Bari, the coordinator appealed to the individuals to make use of the messages delivered to them by the NOA for his or her security and advantages.
He urged merchants to step it all the way down to his topics by way of imams and pastors within the church buildings and Mosques throughout their communities.
