The Director General of the Nigerian
Instituteof Leather Science & Technology
(NILEST), Zaria, Dr Isuwa Adamu, has said
that consumption of animal hides and skin,
popularly known as Ponmo is dangerous to
human health.
Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria,
NAN, today in Abuja, Adamu said scientific
research has shown that ponmo doesn't
have any nutritional value to human health
and that some of the animals where ponmo
is gotten from are usually sick &
harbor dangerous chemicals.
"In fact, it is not advisable for you to
consume ponmo in the sense that some
of the animals killed and used for
ponmo actually have skin diseases. Some
of these skin diseases are such that
boiling them ordinarily, may not kill the
bacteria. Some of the animals because
of the ailments that they have gone
through, are sometimes treated by way
of injection with chemicals.
People don’t allow these chemicals to
complete its cycle and be removed from
the body; they sometimes go ahead to
kill these animals. So, if you consume
the ponmo, the tendency is that you are
consuming the chemicals directly because
the skin part of the animal retains
most of the harmful substances.
Remember your skin is the major protective
organ of your body and
your skin harbours so many of the
harmful things that are supposed to
penetrate into your body,” he explained.
He advised the Federal government to put
in place policies that would reduce the
consumption of Ponmo in Nigeria.

Story! Show me one person that ponmo killed or forget it

Poverty is when someone prefers ponmo to real meats or fresh fishes

nikkiehan:
The Director General of the Nigerian
Instituteof Leather Science & Technology
(NILEST), Zaria, Dr Isuwa Adamu, has said
that consumption of animal hides and skin,
popularly known as Ponmo is dangerous to
human health.
Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria,
NAN, today in Abuja, Adamu said scientific
research has shown that ponmo doesn't
have any nutritional value to human health
and that some of the animals where ponmo
is gotten from are usually sick &
harbor dangerous chemicals.
"In fact, it is not advisable for you to
consume ponmo in the sense that some
of the animals killed and used for
ponmo actually have skin diseases. Some
of these skin diseases are such that
boiling them ordinarily, may not kill the
bacteria. Some of the animals because
of the ailments that they have gone
through, are sometimes treated by way
of injection with chemicals.
People don’t allow these chemicals to
complete its cycle and be removed from
the body; they sometimes go ahead to
kill these animals. So, if you consume
the ponmo, the tendency is that you are
consuming the chemicals directly because
the skin part of the animal retains
most of the harmful substances.
Remember your skin is the major protective
organ of your body and
your skin harbours so many of the
harmful things that are supposed to
penetrate into your body,” he explained.
He advised the Federal government to put
in place policies that would reduce the
consumption of Ponmo in Nigeria.

All these people have come again with their silly poverty-induced researches. First of all the same animals from where ponmo is gotten from are the ones that produces the beef, so why would one contain "harmful substances" and the other is ok to eat?
Second, It is well proven that ponmo contains both proteins and carbohydrates
Third, his position as DG of NILEST disqualifies him from being someone who can conduct objective research into the true nutritional values of animal hides and skin
Lastly he should show us his qualifications...