The President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Mr Kabir Ibrahim, on Monday said the fear of GM crops as expressed by anti-GM activists was not supported by good science..
He disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
He said, “I am convinced that there is no nexus between cancer and GM crops, for instance,” he said.
“My background in pure science and architecture imbues in me the ability to decipher the efficacy and potential of any scientific innovation empirically.
He said that several international meetings and discussions all over the world had reached the conclusion that GM crops did not cause any disease.
The AFAN president said this was more so, considering the fact that GM crops were certified by the Biosafety Agency of Nigeria before being released.
Mr Ibrahim noted that the crops had also undergone numerous tests and regulations by the Biosafety Agency even before being certified safe for planting or consumption.
He said Nigerian farmers had fully embraced biotechnology as a game changer to lift them from poverty to prosperity and bring out the much desired food security to Nigeria.
“I, therefore, implore our farmers, traditional rulers, clerics and extension workers to champion the advocacy to embrace biotechnology which ennobles the commercialisation of GM crops.
“This will be the game changer in our quest for attainment of food sufficiency and exit from poverty as a nation,” he said.
