The group also asked that the responsibilities of the country’s Food Systems Regulators be streamlined to ensure that only healthy and nutritious foods are approved for consumption and distribution among the population. In her presentation at a media dialogue on the preservation of healthy local foods and seeds; Joyce Brown, the Project Lead, Hunger Politics at HOMEF, noted that so far, there has not been any proven evidence of the benefit of GMOs to Nigeria’s growth.
She tasked the government to enforce proper labelling of products to indicate their GMO contents to help consumers make healthier choices of food. ‘‘Nigerians need to be wary of pesticide-infested foods in the market, these food products cause cancer, kidney failure and all manner of diseases. People must prioritise producing their foods, everyone should plant a garden around them, and plant their vegetables.
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