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GMOs: HOMEF Trains Gelegele Farmers, Urges Them To Embrace Agroecology
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has advised farmers in Gelegele and Nigeria at large to embrace agroecology in their farming activities, saying it is the viable solution to Nigeria’s food crisis.
This is just as the ecological think thank and advocacy organisation urged government at levels to support farmers to embrace agroecology rather than GMOs – Genetically Modified Organisms.
INFO DAILY reports that agroecology is a system of farming that focuses on restoring soil health, improving nutritional diversity and ensuring food sovereignty, while GMO are plants, animals or microorganisms that have had their gentic material manipulated either by introducing genes from a related or unrelated species or by editing the organism within itself.
Speaking at a one-training on agroecology for farmers at Gelegele community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, Programmes Director, HOMEF, Joyce Brown, emphasised the need for the farmers to embrace agroecology, saying the use of GMOs poses threat to the environment and human health.
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She said: “The use of chemical pesticides poses risks to the environment, human health, and the economy. More than 50 per cent of registered pesticides in Nigeria are Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPS). Over 40% of the registered active pesticides in Nigeria are already banned in the EU and other countries of the World.
Practical session if the training at Gelegele community on April, 29,2024.
“Many of these HHPs registered and used in Nigeria have been proven to be linked to chronic health diseases such as cancer, kidney diseases, reproductive complications, endocrine disruption – hormonal challenges, skin diseases, organ failures, etc., as well as biodiversity and environmental destruction.”
According to her, most farmers, consumers, extension workers are not aware of the various hazards associated with the pesticide-active ingredients in the products they use, adding that this is the more reason HOMEF decided to take the responsibility of training and enlightening farmers.
Mrs Brown, while noting that agroecology will help Nigeria achieve food sovereignty if embraced, added: “Food sovereignty refers to a situation where all people at all times have access to healthy and nutritious food. Food sovereignty ensures that beyond food security – food is safe, food producers have the right to what they produce and how.”
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On his part, one of the trainers of the farmers and farm manager, Be The Help Foundation, Abuja, Chukwu Agozirim, said agroecology is a modern system farming which, according to him, help to eradicate poverty by increase in food production and making the environment safe for humans
He said Gelegele was selected due to the fact that the soil is contaminated as an oil producing community, adding “so the main purpose is to train and enlighten them on how they can go about their normal food production in spite of the contamination of their soil.”
He added: “We are bringing farming back to the olden days how our great-grandfathers were farming.”
Responding on behalf of other farmers, Mr Emmanuel Obi, while describing the training as an eye opener, promised to adapt the new method of farming.
The programme climaxed with a practical session of the training where the farmers were showed how they can use locally sourced materials to grow their farm produce.
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Man Charged After Fatal Southall Collision
A 20-year-old man has been charged after a fatal road collision in Southall, west London, which claimed the life of a 17-year-old passenger.
The Metropolitan Police said officers were called at about 1:04 a.m. on Saturday, September 19, following reports of a collision involving a Ford Mustang on South Road, Southall.
Officers attended the scene alongside paramedics from the London Ambulance Service and firefighters from the London Fire Brigade.
Despite efforts by emergency responders, 17-year-old passenger Ranbir Singh died at the scene.
His next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.
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Another passenger, a 26-year-old man, sustained serious injuries in the collision and remains in hospital, according to police.
The driver of the vehicle, Sukhveer Singh, 20, of Townsend Road, Southall, was arrested at the scene.
He was subsequently charged on Sunday, September 20, with causing death by dangerous driving, aggravated vehicle taking and dangerous driving.
He was also charged with driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and using a vehicle without insurance.
Singh appeared before Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Monday, September 21, and was remanded in custody.
He is due to appear at the Old Bailey on Monday, October 19.
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Detective Inspector Fiaz Janjua, from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “This is a truly tragic incident in which a young man has lost his life and another remains in hospital with serious injuries.
“Our deepest sympathies remain with Ranbir’s family and friends, who continue to be supported by specially trained officers. during this extremely difficult time.
“While a man has now been charged in connection with this collision, our investigation remains ongoing and we are continuing to establish the full circumstances leading up to the incident.
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“I would ask anyone who witnessed the collision, the manner of driving beforehand, or the movements of the Ford Mustang in the Southall area during the early hours of Saturday, 19 September, to come forward.”
Police are particularly appealing to anyone who may have CCTV footage, doorbell recordings, mobile phone footage or dashcam recordings that could assist the investigation.
The Met urged anyone with information to contact police on 101, quoting reference 01/8080469/26.
The force said the investigation remains ongoing as detectives work to establish the circumstances leading up to the collision.
(MetPolice)
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Return Of Fuel Subsidy: Atiku Plotting To Plunder Nigeria’s External Reserves, APC Alleges
All Progressives Congress (APC) has again kicked against the declaration by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to return the fuel subsidy regime if elected into office.
National Publicity Secretary of the governing party, Felix Morka, in a statement on Thursday alleged that the proposal to return fuel subsidy as being canvassed by the former vice-president was not informed by any altruistic motive but to plunder the country’s foreign reserves, which he noted, has risen to over $54 billion.
“Atiku’s sudden u-turn from his 2023 policy position in favour of fuel subsidy removal to his new promise to restore the fuel subsidy regime, if elected, must be understood as his latest device to lay his hands on, and squander, the country’s 18-year foreign reserve high of over $54 billion built up from $3 billion by President Bola Tinubu in less than 4 years through bold and prudent economic reforms.
“The National Treasury that President Tinubu has built strong is what Atiku desires to scatter and plunder under the cover of his fake and unrealistic promise to restore the ruinous fuel subsidy regime.
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“In his book, My Watch, President Olusegun Obasanjo characterized Atiku as possessing a propensity for corruption, a tendency toward disloyalty, poor judgment, and a readiness to sacrifice the national interest for selfish gains. In August 2026, Obasanjo described his decision to select Atiku as his running mate in 1999 as the biggest mistake of his presidency.”
He stated, “The man I picked as my running mate, my number two, if I had known him as I came to know him later, I would not have picked him.” That is an open-and-shut reference by the former President, Atiku’s principal, to his unfitness for public office.
“Atiku was an accidental Vice President, and categorically unfit for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The APC further alleged that “as a former public official, Atiku’s record is an executive summary of some of Nigeria’s vilest episodes of corruption and cronyism that pulverized our economy and decimated public trust.”
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The party urged the electorate to reject the ADC presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections.
“Nigeria’s upcoming presidential election presents the electorate the opportunity to deal a final blow to Atiku’s desperate quest for presidential power, and save the country from his ravenous plunder.
“From the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project and the Siemens bribery scandal to the William Jefferson case, the PTDF funds controversy, and the US Senate investigation into suspicious financial transactions, Atiku’s name is engraved ingloriously on files and dossiers of onshore and offshore financial scandals and atrocities.
“These are not mere allegations. They are matters that are well documented in official records, tribunal proceedings, government investigations, national and foreign legislative reports, and international financial inquiries. Together, they raise legitimate questions about the fitness for probity and accountability of this serial presidential contender.”
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Man Charged After Fatal Southall Collision
A 20-year-old man has been charged after a fatal road collision in Southall, west London, which claimed the life of a 17-year-old passenger.
The Metropolitan Police said officers were called at about 1:04 a.m. on Saturday, September 19, following reports of a collision involving a Ford Mustang on South Road, Southall.
Officers attended the scene alongside paramedics from the London Ambulance Service and firefighters from the London Fire Brigade.
Despite efforts by emergency responders, 17-year-old passenger Ranbir Singh died at the scene.
His next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.
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Another passenger, a 26-year-old man, sustained serious injuries in the collision and remains in hospital, according to police.
The driver of the vehicle, Sukhveer Singh, 20, of Townsend Road, Southall, was arrested at the scene.
He was subsequently charged on Sunday, September 20, with causing death by dangerous driving, aggravated vehicle taking and dangerous driving.
He was also charged with driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and using a vehicle without insurance.
Singh appeared before Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Monday, September 21, and was remanded in custody.
He is due to appear at the Old Bailey on Monday, October 19.
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Detective Inspector Fiaz Janjua, from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “This is a truly tragic incident in which a young man has lost his life and another remains in hospital with serious injuries.
“Our deepest sympathies remain with Ranbir’s family and friends, who continue to be supported by specially trained officers. during this extremely difficult time.
“While a man has now been charged in connection with this collision, our investigation remains ongoing and we are continuing to establish the full circumstances leading up to the incident.
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“I would ask anyone who witnessed the collision, the manner of driving beforehand, or the movements of the Ford Mustang in the Southall area during the early hours of Saturday, 19 September, to come forward.”
Police are particularly appealing to anyone who may have CCTV footage, doorbell recordings, mobile phone footage or dashcam recordings that could assist the investigation.
The Met urged anyone with information to contact police on 101, quoting reference 01/8080469/26.
The force said the investigation remains ongoing as detectives work to establish the circumstances leading up to the collision.
(MetPolice)
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