The federal government yesterday called for a law against sale and widespread consumption of hides and skins (ponmo), saying that livestock farmers stand good chances of making high dollar return if the hides and skins are tanned into leather.

Minister of agriculture and rural development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina who made the declaration in Ibadan, at the 3rd Joint Anniversary of Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN) and Nigeria Institute of Animal Science (NIAS), commended NIAS for its advocacy and public enlightenment programmes on radio and television that promote value addition in livestock, as against sale and consumption of primary products alone, particularly on the issue of curtailing the widespread consumption of hides and skins.

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According to him, hides and skins ought to be tanned into leather for a very high dollar return to the farmer and tanneries.

After much investigation, FNN discovered that this is not the reason behind plans to ban ponmo. Sources in Borno reveal that the federal government have found out the food consumed by the Islamic terrorist in the north is actually ponmo.

Shocking but true, this move was made to terminate the only food source of the Islamic terrorist group and also to weaken them.

“They eat it before they go for any attack..they eat it like biscuit…it is like a drug to them” our source claims

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