Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Mr Chris Nehikhare, has said that an action plan with key stakeholders will be set in motion to fight against food poisoning by unscrupulous persons.
The Commissioner, who disclosed this when the Association of LiveStock Managers and Food Product Dealers paid him a courtesy visit in his office, noted that people’s lives can not be left in the hands of unscrupulous people any more.
“The Ministry has been collaborating with the Association in the past through Jingles to sensitize the people on the dangerous and scary trend. We are going to have an action plan to do more by collaborating with other key stakeholders like the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Public Safety and security.
“We as a Ministry, when the action plan is set up, are going to give the publicity because it is very important that this menace is tackled to expose those behind it,” the Commissioner said.
he Secretary General, Association of Livestock Managers and Food Product Dealers, Hon. Steven David, disclosed that the rate of food poisoning with the use of substances such as snipper and other dangerous methods to preserve food is becoming alarming.
According to David, “The Association is embarking on an operation to fight against food poisoning to expose those involved in the act. Today, some people use nails to boil beans and Fufu has become a secret killer because they do not follow the right process in preparing it and there are fake wine dealers.
“We want to collaborate with the Ministry to embark on sensitization and visitation to the markets.”
