Tag:National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA)

Health

Diphtheria outbreak: NBMA cautions public, urges adherence to safety measures

The National Biosafety Management Agency has called on the public to take precautionary measures in other to prevent and stop the spread of Diphtheria...

Michael Simire - January 20, 2023

Agric & Biotech

Agency says it allows ‘only safe’ GMO products in Nigeria

The Director General (DG) of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has assured that only safe Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are...

Michael Simire - December 29, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Nigerian biosafety system to be stronger in next five years – NBMA

The Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has expressed hope that, in the next five years,...

Michael Simire - October 12, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Campaigners flay approval for GM wheat in Nigeria

A group of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria has denounced the permit recently granted to Trigall Genetics S.A. for importation of genetically modified...

Michael Simire - September 15, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Biosafety guidelines will ensure continuous regulations on GMOs, says agency

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has promised to effect continuous regulatory systems on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The Director General (DG) of the agency,...

Michael Simire - September 8, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Varsity signs MoU with Nigeria’s biosafety agency on biosafety courses

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun (FUPRE) in Delta...

Michael Simire - August 19, 2022

Agric & Biotech

GMOs: Debunking falsehood through public sensitisation

Stakeholders in the biosafety and biotechnology industry have advocated for more civic education on the concept of genetic engineering (GM) to boost food production,...

Michael Simire - July 29, 2022

Health