{"id":33090,"date":"2019-07-09T12:47:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T11:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=33090"},"modified":"2019-07-09T12:47:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T11:47:26","slug":"lagos-seizes-truckload-of-toxic-ponmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/lagos-seizes-truckload-of-toxic-ponmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Seizes Truckload Of Toxic Ponmo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lagos State Government on Monday said it had confiscated a truckload of poisonous cowhide\u00a0(ponmo)\u00a0<\/em>at Ijegun, a suburb of Lagos, in the Alimosho Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Olayiwole Onasanya, who described the cowhide as\u00a0\u00a0Ebola ponmo<\/em>said the item was imported into the country by some \u2018unscrupulous individuals\u2019.<\/p>\n

Onasanya, in a statement by the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Jide Lawal, noted that officials of the state government were informed about the matter after the police from the Iktoun division intercepted the truck.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, the permanent secretary pointed out that the cowhide was preserved with chemicals to serve as a leather material, but it was being sold for human consumption before police intervention.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe noted that the confiscated\u00a0Ebola ponmo<\/em>\u00a0has since been transported to the ministry\u2019s outstation at Johnson Agiri Office Complex, Agege, for disposal at the medical waste dumpsite in Ewu Elepe, in the Ikorodu area of the state.<\/p>

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\u201cDr Onasanya explained that other relevant agencies such as the Lagos State Waste Management Authority and environmental health officers have been duly informed of the discovery and the disposal exercise,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

The ministry advised residents to be vigilant and report any suspected sales of unwholesome food items to the nearest local government secretariat or the state ministry of agriculture.<\/p>\n

About 30 tonnes of dangerous ponmo were seized by the state government earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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