The outgoing Commissioner of Agriculture of the African Union (AU), Ambassador Josefa Sacko, has stressed that she fought against GMOs on the continent but blamed their adoption in some African countries on their rights to sovereignty. Ambassador Josefa, who addressed a press briefing at the 38th Ordinary Session of the AU and General Assembly, declared…

Agriculture and policy experts have urged the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, to investigate a suspected attack on Nigerians through gene editing, allegedly carried out using Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) foods. The Country Director of Project Sprint, Israel James, while speaking at a press conference in Abuja, along with some other experts, sounded the alarm…

A two-decade old international agreement on ensuring public scrutiny of decisions on the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will take effect in April after achieving enough ratifications, the UN said Tuesday.

Coalitions of 1,000 groups and individuals, including civil society organisations, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), under the umbrella of GMO-Free Nigeria Alliance

A coalition of farmers and civil society groups in Enugu State staged a rally over the weekend, demanding a ban on all Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) used for planting, food, or feed production and processing in Nigeria. The farmers marched from the State Ministry of Agriculture on Okpara Avenue, GRA, Enugu, to the Enugu State…

Members of the National Assembly and the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, have been urged to engage in thorough scientific and evidence-based researches in certified laboratories to check the safety of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) foods in the country. A brand manager and ambassador for the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Micheal…

A non-governmental organisation that researches how the ugly trend of increasing incidents of chronic degenerative diseases in Nigeria can be prevented, the Living Science Foundation (LSF), has warned governments and citizens about the major dangers posed by consuming Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) foods in the country. Describing the situation as an urgent environmental health concern…

A coalition of over 100 civil society actors, farmers, scientists, legal practitioners, and academics representing 100 million Nigerian consumers has placed a demand on the Federal Government to discontinue plans to introduce genetically modified potatoes and outrightly ban GMOs in the country, stating that they violate fundamental human rights and target Nigeria’s food system for…

National Biosafety Management Agency (NMBA) has assured Nigerians that it would not approve unsafe and uncertified products for Nigerian markets.

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa, has said people need to change their narrative on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) crops for the nation to achieve the ambition of becoming a Blue Zone