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NBMA said the agency had been alerted to Nigerians’ concerns about the approval and launch of TELA maize in the country.

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has assured Nigerians of their safety when consuming TELA maize.

NBMA’s spokeswoman Gloria Ogbaki said this in a statement on Monday.

NBMA said the agency had been alerted to Nigerians’ concerns about the approval and launch of TELA maize in the country.

“NBMA wishes to state that the safety and health of Nigerians are of topmost importance, we will not compromise on this. We take into serious cognisance the concerns of Nigerians because maize is a staple crop which is of great importance to the country.

“NBMA is committed to ensuring transparency, safety and unbiased decision-making concerning genetically modified organisms,” she said.

Ms Ogbaki said that the agency conducted a proper risk assessment and analysis of TELA maize to ensure it was safe for human consumption.

She said that experts and scientists from academia and other relevant agencies thoroughly conducted the risk assessment for TELA maize.

The NBMA spokeswoman said that experts from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, and Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service participated in the certification process.

She further listed the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, National Agricultural Seed Council and some university research centres as part of the process.

“They worked with our internal review process and confirmed that TELA maize meets safety standards. We urge Nigerians to remain calm and trust in the rigorous evaluation process. TELA maize has been approved based on scientific evidence. Its benefits to farmers are significant,” she said.

hisgrace090:
Let's hope nobody's palm was greased to make this claim.

RepoMan007:
Even if unsafe, can it kill faster than hunger?

IamAsiri:
They should be eating it themselves then.

nurey:
The millions of metric tons of maize imported into Nigeria that are GMO nkor . GMO is in processed foods of humans and animals in Nigeria he don tey wey we dey chop GMO foods in Nigeria without knowing it

nurey:
The millions of metric tons of maize imported into Nigeria that are GMO nkor . GMO is in processed foods of humans and animals in Nigeria he don tey wey we dey chop GMO foods in Nigeria without knowing it

HeatSeeker:
Your head dey there. All the sweet corn wey we dey use for salad, and so many imported cereal based products, na GMO dem be.

epainos:
You both are absolutely right.

But if you love your life, you will run away from eating them.....

Solution: Grow your own food. This is what people in developed nations who avoid GMOs do.

Just imagine ....in developed nations where the health care is OK and some people are still running away from them... you want to keep consuming GMO in Nigeria. Continue.

Life expectancy is 53 years... don't worry... it will reduce to 40 years.

By the way... both of you... do your things still able to stand erect. Lol.

Continue eating them. Don't go find a garden and grow Open pollinated seeds. Keep supporting them.

The corporate world has successfully removed food production from what the common man does. Billionaires are not growing and importing your food... and you are supporting them. Lol. I wrote it the last time... Even Chief Awolowo worked on only cash crops because most families grow food in those days. Obasanjo promoted...Operation Feed the Nation. But right now... the common man is at the mercy of government in regard to food. Chai. Food that families grow in those days. Continue.

They win... the common man lost it all.

Lol!

So. Keep supporting them. Na your life and health you.are playing with.

HeatSeeker:
You might already be eating it without knowing

IamAsiri:
Not possible. I planted the maize that I am presently using to make pap right now.

Plus, I am a microbiologist who knows about genetic engineering.

HeatSeeker:
😅🤣😂🤣🤣 this is paranoia. You need to chill. Our priority should be solving the problem of hunger and malnutrition. Science has provided a way out, the best we can do is embrace it

IamAsiri:
Not possible. I planted the maize that I am presently using to make pap right now.

Plus, I am a microbiologist who knows about genetic engineering.

epainos:
Embrace your cancer. Embrace your painful death. Se una talk say you want to be slaves to the minorities that want to control the world economy? They know that if they must own you... they have to take food production from you...and you have embraced it.

Lol. You have embraced 53 years of life expectancy... Don't worry....it will be 40 years very soon.

I asked you earlier... your thing still dey stand well well? Lol. Na you go answer that.

If you want to solve hunger and malnutrition, embrace building houses with gardens. They deliberately took this away from you, and you embraced it. So, all the research they are bringing out, you have not seen modern research condemning GMOs?

So, you haven't heard of the latest breeding techniques that made them want to cancel GMO seeds? But they still must bring it to Africa cos they want to make some money that they have spent.

Good people showed them with science that GMO is bad...extraction of gene.. so you don't know about the two guys who brought another system that won the Nobel award like 3 years ago?

Siddon there...dey paranoid yourself. Go chop am na. Una no dey think....so, Bill Gate is the one who will solve hunger for you...when he wants to control the whole world. OK, oooo. Embrace am na.

Una go just open threads cos you want to make the front page. You better be current and know what's going on....very funny. GMO is good indeed.

Embrace your cancer in peace... Good luck!

HeatSeeker:
So you also know that the same process is used to manufacture drugs, hormones and other pharmaceutical products using bacteria?

If you can take those drugs made from recombinant DNA technology, then why can't you eat crops improved in the same manner?

HeatSeeker:
More paranoia

There is no research from a reputable institution that shows GMO's are unhealthy or cause cancer. Its all conspiracy theories from people that are scared of the advancements in science. People were already dying of cancer before GMO's were invented, why are you now linking cancer to it?

HeatSeeker:
More paranoia

There is no research from a reputable institution that shows GMO's are unhealthy or cause cancer. Its all conspiracy theories from people that are scared of the advancements in science. People were already dying of cancer before GMO's were invented, why are you now linking cancer to it?

epainos:
Lol!

You don get cancer oooo.

You better eat natural organic food. Oga....I pity you.

Antibiotics was said to be the greatest discovery. Yeah...it is good. I love it. But guess what? They started seeing resistance. Lol. For example, penicillin used to work for staph...but does it today? They started talking about MRSA. Lol. And suddenly... they started shouting that we must not use antibiotics anyhow.

But guess what? You can eat leaves and plants anyhow. If you are a farmer, you will also think like usm but you aren't. You are just talking anyhow.

Go ask very well...broilers (chicken) showed many Nigerians pepper in those days until they promoted using antibiotics and Vaccines. Then, the birds stopped dying. Guess what? Some people came up with organic style. Just leaves and spices....and those birds performed better than the ones bombarded with antibiotics and vaccines. That was where I caught the vision... so....this antibiotics na wash and crap.

Oga, here is the truth. I am telling you with full confidence. Create a garden...produce natural food. Don't use fertilizer, pesticides, or any chemicals. Don't use any growth hormone. Produce your eggs, meat, veggies, fruits..etc. Consume it for 6 months. I am telling you this today....if you jam any girl...she will hear wey. Na me dey tell you. Hypertension will clear away. Diabetes will clear off. I am not joking. Even cancer will take bullets, too.

If you want to finish the job well....combine it with fasting. See...you will never visit hospital. Grow those special spices....veggies...utazi, scent leaves, bitter leaves, Chiya leaves, water leaf, most greens around... ...Juice them every morning... Oga...hospital will be far from you. I am telling you. Go try it.

But you have embraced GMO na. Na your cancer you have embraced oooo. In the name of solving hunger..lol. they took away gardening from you...and you kuku embraced what they are giving you.

Congrats!!!

wildernessVoice:
You call it conspiracy.
You and your family should continue consuming GMO foods, time will tell.
Naturally grown organic food is the best given to us by God.

epainos:
Lol!

Person wey wan die young will laugh like you. What I won't do is to start posting them (papers) here. No be my die....ba your die.

You will remember this post on your sick bed. Don't worry.

This ends my discussion with you. You can laugh as much as you want now...promote the GMO cos dem promise you peanuts. See...you will pay. I said someone got a Nobel award recently for a tech that replaces GMO procedure...instead of you to look into it...you are laughing cos dem don pay you...right? Na your die...don't worry.

HeatSeeker:
For someone that claims to have a background in science, this your response reeks of the ignorance expected from a layman. I asked you a simple question and you went off on a tangent.

I will ask you again and I expect a science-based response with proven facts, not the crap you wrote up there.

If you can take drugs and other biopharmaceuticals produced from recombinant DNA technology and gene editing, why can't you eat agricultural produce improved using the same process?

Make una dey deceive una sef. GMO is the present and future of global food security, and there is nothing you can do about it.

HeatSeeker:
Post the papers!

There are none from reputable institutions. I bet you na one yeye blogger wey no get pedigree you dey quote upandan for this thread. You have no evidence or concrete facts for what you are saying.

epainos:
If you are too dull to understand I am not interested in guiding you on any scientific or non-scientific papers, then you keep ranting here. Lol. I am done with arguing with people. However, smart people who can quickly pick one or two things will move fast. I don't expect you to quickly pick the pieces of hints I dropped cos you fell blatantly in the face of the peanuts you are offered to promote GMO.

You can as well post recent research papers to support your claim from reputable institutions...cos I can't see any paper to back up your claim.. lol. Aren't you a greedy blogger who has been paid to promote these particular GMO seeds.

However, I am happy you mentioned something...and the phrase is "gene editing." Oga, go and learn the difference between gene editing and GMO. This is the only help I will offer you. Se you want to argue on a subject you are ignorant about? Lol. I am not ready to start posting papers to back up any claim cos like I said... na your die. Na you go doe the painful death. So, don't get that your coconut head together and dig deep into these things.

Again, go research the tech I said one person got a Nobel award for. If you research this and you know understand the terms above I told you to know the difference, and you will start picking up the pieces of sh...its you can not easily grab.

Lastly, those drugs you said we take....you are a careless man. I wrote about antibiotics and vaccines in broilers.

For the sake of others reading, use your brain. Do you get scholarships in pharmacology and chemical engineering like you used to get before? Go check very well...scholarships are abundant in microbiology, genetics engineering, environmental sustainability, esg, clean energy, ecology, regenerative agriculture, etc. Open your eyes....you will see science is going more into biology instead of chemicals. Lol.


Someone told you she is a microbiologist up there...and instead of you to sit down and learn from her, you want to prove you know it...right? I don't argue or teach "I too Know" like you. Anyway, go help yourself and see the directly of genetics engineering.

After all the chemicals they tried to use to cure AIDS, they got hooked up. They now know that chemicals are for short term.....and not the solution. But will they not recover their investments in research using chemicals to solve some health issues? Lol. They have to push the products out one way or the other. But since they have realised that the old approach is not the way, then you should use your head why there are abundant scholarships in the subjects I have written above.

The holistic approach is the way. That's it. Again...I will never post any research paper here cos I am not interested in arguing with anyone. Na your life. You die your die in pain. Period.

The way seeds are made now....yes...genetic engineering...but it is different from how this one's you are promoting here is produced.

I am.a farmer...listen...big organic seed companies refused to use the method used to produce these particular seeds you are promoting. Lol. I can start posting the activities of big seeds companies here. All of them have accepted the recent discovery. Yes. Of course, it is genetic engineering also....but again...the key is a holistic approach. To help your ignorance, we don't call modern seeds developed with this latest tech GMO. I will never help you or teach you further....go use your head and stop posting subjects you are a baby in.

Yes, you were right in your first post that most sweet corns in cans are GMOs....but listen...Go research...Every farmer here knows about East West, Technisem, Chai Tai Agro here.. all these three companies are based in Thailand. Lol. You be farmer? Farmers here can start testifying to what I am writing here. Real.practical. WETIN YOU SABI. You are hunting to get your post to the front page. See...I will roast you if you ever get to that front page, cos that is when I will show your ignorance..lol.

Let me educate you further. These companies opted for traditional F1 production..again...the idea is using a holistic approach. Period. Cobra F1, Padma f1, Platinum f1 ......oh....farmers here are already smiling. Lol. Smiling at your ignorance. Lol. You better carry your useless GMO seed out of our arena. Lol..

Go ask wetin farmers eyes don see with Monsanto seeds. Lol.. You just dey write rubbish you know absolutely nothing about.

But guess what....all the companies I wrote have accepted the modern genetic breeding method. Your job is to find out why I keep saying this particular one is bad. If you like, go and research it...of you like keep arguing.

Na your die.... not mine. If you expect that I will teach you...wake up. See..I want you to start consuming these ones they are pushing presently to Africa cos they want to recover their investment. Eat them well. Na you go be their investment recovery plan..lol. We that are not careless and not greedy know which types of modern seeds to use. So, promote GMO very well. When the producers aren't eating them anymore. Na you go die the painful death na. Not me. Go ahead...promote it very well. We will chop your akara at your wake keep. Lol. We go just say RIP. Shikena. You don end yours at a max of 55 yrs. That's an era gone.

So.....it is your choice....choose to live up to 100 years in good health without using those medications you mentioned....or you use them (of course they manage symptoms very well na..but see...manage your symptoms oooo with dollars.....lol...se you wan use drugs .....sure....it will do the job na.). And finally, at 55 years, they will give you those drugs again to make your death less painful. So, use them. They are for you.

As for me, I choose to keep making an effort to cut off all inorganic and non holistic approaches of breeding. If the gene editing is holistic, sure....I can use it. But when I understand how to grow OPV and produce even more than what that gene edited seeds give, why should I go for it? Lol. E shock you? Yes.....modern seeds...not these ones you are promoting are still very OK....but I won't still use them cos I understand how to not make the corporate world rich. Those OPV seeds are still the best. Infact, I have registered with 5 seed banks that can supply me these seeds cos they are taking all of them out of our hands. Lol. Seeds that are free and abundant in those days.

Go to IITA, and there is where you can find those olden days cassava stems that are free from cyanide. Lol. E shock you? There you find olden days corn, cowpeas, soy, etc seeds. They are now in their banks. Seeds that are so common and you just used again from your harvest. Guess who can have these seeds? Only researchers.. lol.

So, keep promoting them. Science has successfully taken away food production from the common man...and you are one of the tools used to promote it. Lol.

The next agenda is to remove agricultural land from the common man, and only billionaires will own land. Lol.

If your thread makes the front page, I will reply people who want to know more about this subject and help them avoid dying young. As for you...you have chosen to be greedy....keep promoting GMOs. And I am not ready to educate you further cos you are greedy. That die.....at a max of 55 years....that's for you. Those drugs you mentioned...they are for you. The funy issue is that the money you are making from promoting these seeds.....they are meant to purchase the drugs you mentioned. So, embrace them....promote them....you are still going to pay dearly with your health.

Good luck!

HeatSeeker:
So you also know that the same process is used to manufacture drugs, hormones and other pharmaceutical products using bacteria?

If you can take those drugs made from recombinant DNA technology, then why can't you eat crops improved in the same manner?

HeatSeeker:
BIG SHAME!!!

it's amazing to see the very deep level of ignorance and misinformation you are swimming in. You are not as informed as you are making yourself out to be, and anyone that has truly done some research, even at the foundational scientific level, will not come up with the drivel you just wrote up there.

The evidence that the GMO's you vilify are not harmful is already in the original post of this thread. Any claim otherwise will have to be backed up with verifiable proof, which unfortunately, you do not have. It is not by mouthing unfounded theories and conspiracies that can help you win this argument. You simply do not know anything about genetically modified organisms aka GMO's, your comment in response to my post referencing gene editing and recombinant DNA technology is enough to buttress the point that you are a layman who is out of his depth on the subject matter.

I asked the so called microbiologist a question that none of you can provide a valid answer to.

Please go and do some real research on the process of making these GMO's, see its application in the pharmaceutical industry and tell me why you would take a drug made using this technology and not eat a food crop improved with this same process.

Stop arguing if you don't know anything.

IamAsiri:
We don't eat drugs everyday. Also, drugs don't have DNA that can be tampered with and altered.