The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that it will soon ban the use of Paraquat and Atrazine products from farmers due to it harmful result to the environment.
The agency also announced their plans to use stricter measures to curtail the use of Snipper (Dichlorvos or 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate) in homes to end the abuse of the pesticide which in recent times had been associated with suicides in Nigeria.
The Director, Veterinary Medicine and Allied Products Directorate of NAFDAC, Dr. Husman Bukar made this known to the public at the launch of a herbicide (Lifeline), produced by United Phosphorous Limited (UPL).
Concise News gathered that the product launched at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, was also developed with UPL, IITA and Springfield Agro Company Lagos.
Bukar said the decision was coming at a time when new herbicides that are safer and environmentally friendly were being registered in Nigeria.
“A date for the ban has not been announced but it will happen very soon. Paraquat has been banned in several countries and we cannot continue to allow it to come into Nigeria,” he said.
Source: concisenews.global
