The National Union of Agriculture and Allied Employees (NUAAE) in Cross River, Nigeria, has discredited the allegations that 50 pregnant women had died while working for PZ Wilmar in Biase Plantation and EYOP industries Limited since 2012. “These allegations against these two companies, which were recently reported in the media, are unsubstantiated, false and therefore malicious,” Cross River NUAAE chairman, Otei Godwin, said in a statement. Our attention has been drawn to media reports claiming that PZ Wilmar and its subsidiary, Biase Plantations Limited, are under an investigation by the Assembly Committee on Agriculture following petitions filed by the host communities. “The House Committee visited Biase Plantations Limited and host communities as part of its statutory oversight functions. “The company, PZ Wilmar and its subsidiaries, Biase Plantations Limited and Eyop Industries Limited are fully operating within the state extant laws in the discharge of its duties as major processor and merchandiser of palm and lauric oils.”

Source: The Guardian February 03, 2020 09:56 UTC