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GMOs: Why activists put citizens’ health first

On Monday, 15th August, I was privileged to be a panelist at the “Experts meeting on Bio-safety & Bio-technology-GMOs” organised by the Ministry of...
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When biotech experts met: Truth behind the facts

Three Nigerian ministries had top level representation at the Biotechnology and Biosafety Experts Meeting at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja on 15 August 2016. The Minister...
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Agency describes act as safety valve for modern biotech

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has described the 2015 Act that established it as a safety valve for the adoption of modern biotechnology...
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Agric & Biotech

GMOs in Nigeria: The silent part

“GMOs, finally approved to be grown in Nigeria,” a not so surprising news after all. The country has in recent times been trotting in...
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Nigeria not at crossroads over food security, says Gidado

Coordinator of the Open Forum for Biotechnology (OFAB) in Nigeria and an Assistant Director at the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Dr Rose Gidado,...
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Agric & Biotech

What the National Confab agreed to on biosafety, GMOs

During the 2014 Nigerian National Conference (Confab), three committees made recommendations with regard to handling of Biosafety in Nigeria and with particular reference to...
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Global Prolife Alliance: Why Nigeria must not adopt GMOs

In a response to recent submission by officials of Monsanto, Philip Njemanze, Chair of the Global Prolife Alliance (GPA) frowns at the idea of...
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Agric & Biotech

Biosafety law not compliant with UN biodiversity pact, says group

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Act 2015 is not compliant with the Cartagena Protocol to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, the...
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