The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has raised an alarm over the importation and use of pesticides banned in Europe in Nigeria. NAFDAC, is, however, seeking stakeholders’ support to eliminate harmful pesticides from the Nigerian markets. Quoting a report of the study conducted by the Heinrich Boll Foundation, 40 per cent of pesticides used in Nigeria had been banned in the European Union. “NAFDAC would collaborate with research institutes in the conduct of research and scientific data generation on pesticides to enable the agency to make evidence-based decisions and policies. “Other organisations the agency would engage with are the National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency, Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service,” it said.

Source: Punch May 07, 2023 23:02 UTC