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NAFDAC solicits stakeholders, public cooperations to rid country of hazardous pesticides
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The National Agency for Food and
Drug Administration and Control
(NAFDAC) is soliciting the
cooperation of stakeholders and the
general public to rid the country of
hazardous pesticides.
The agency’s Director-General, Prof.
Mojisola Adeyeye, said this in a
Statement issued to newsmen by its
resident media consultant, Mr
Olusayo Akintola, on Sunday in
Abuja.<br><br><p>
According to her, pesticides are
applied both indoors and outdoors
for the management of pests, vector-
borne diseases, and for crop
protection.
Adeyeye said that pesticides are
sometimes impregnated in textiles,
paints, carpets, and treated wood to
control pests and fungi.She said
what was worrisome was the
toxicity associated with the misuse
and abuse of pesticides as it affected
food safety and food security.

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<br/>According to her, the toxicity of
pesticides is managed through
stringent regulatory activities to
reduce severe health implications on
humans, crops, and the
environment.
She disclosed that this could be
achieved through awareness and
continual sensitisation of
stakeholders on the dangers posed
by these pesticides.
Adeyeye said that the dangers posed
by pesticides were of immense
concern to the agency and that there
had been recent concerns from
stakeholders about this dangers

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<p> “The report of the study conducted
by Heinrich Boll Foundation; a Non-
Governmental Organization, that
claimed that 40 per cent of
pesticides used in Nigeria had been
banned in the EU.
“There was also an alert received
from the Federal Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development
(FMARD), cautioning on the
possibility that the European Union
and United Kingdom were exporting
banned Neonicotinoid Pesticides to
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“Emphasis was placed on
Chlorpyrifos and its variants due to
their harmful effects on humans,
animals, beneficial insects, and the
environment.
“The mandate of NAFDAC as
established by Act Cap N1 Laws of
the Federation of Nigeria 2004 is to
regulate and control the
manufacture, importation,
exportation, advertisement,
distribution, sale, and use of food,
drugs, cosmetics, detergent and
others.

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</p><br>“This necessitated the review and
analysis of the list of registered
pesticide and agrochemical active
ingredients in the NAFDAC
Registered Product Automated
Database (NARPAD) vis-à-vis actives
banned, non-approved.
“The outcome of the review was
shared with stakeholders at a three-
day virtual stakeholders’
engagement held on the 22nd, 24th,
and 29th of November 2022,” she
stressed.

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Adeyeye said that the core function
of the agency of safeguarding the
health of the nation was so
paramount to the agency.
She disclosed that the reviewed
meeting focused much on the
proposed phase-out/ban of these
active ingredients and it had in
attendance, proponent holders of
marketing authorizations and NGOs.<br><br>
Others, she mentioned in the
statement, were All Farmers
Association of Nigeria, CropLife
Nigeria, Nigeria Agro-Input Dealers
Association, Ministries, Departments
and Agencies (MDAs) as well as
research institutes.
According to her, at the end of the
meeting, it was agreed that Pesticide
and agrochemical importers and
manufacturers would be advised to
institute stewardship plans such as
Post Marketing Surveillance and
research in their companies.<br><br>
Adeyeye stated that NAFDAC would
collaborate with research institutes
in the conduct of research and
scientific data generation on
pesticides to enable the agency make
evidence-based decisions and
policies.She said that NAFDAC would
also intensify Post-Marketing
Surveillance nationwide, adding that
there would be continual
sensitization and education of
relevant stakeholders on the safe
and responsible use of pesticides.
The D-G disclosed that NAFDAC
would engage with other sister
agencies like the Federal Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development,
Standards Organization of Nigeria
(SON).

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Other organisations the agency
would engage with are the National
Environmental Standards and
Regulation Enforcement Agency
(NESREA), Nigeria Agricultural
Quarantine Service.<br><br>
She said that the engagement was to
ensure synergy in the regulation of
pesticide and agrochemical products.
The NAFDAC boss said that this is in
addition to the Ban of Paraquat,
Chlorpyrifos, and Atrazine with
effective dates from 1st January
2024, 1st November 2024, and 1st
January 2025 respectively.

She said that the agency had also
initiated the action plan for the ban/
phase-out of 12 active ingredients
and the reclassification of four
others.
The D-G said that the availability of
alternatives in the country were put
into consideration to ensure that
stakeholders, most especially
farmers, will not be affected by the
decisions taken.

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