GPA raises concern over assault on Nigeria’s food sovereignty

By Johnson Adebowale Rapheal

By Johnson Adebowale

The Global Prolife Alliance (GPA) is seeking the attention of the National Assembly (NASS) through Hon. Chike Okafor, chairman, and members, House Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, to what it called “biotech sponsorship of terrorism and the assault on Nigeria’s food sovereignty.”

The GPA made the submission to “expose how certain biotechnology sponsors have deliberately funded Boko Haram insurgents, razed farms of natural crops, and coerced displaced farmers into adopting genetically modified (GM) seeds—thereby capturing Nigeria’s food security and advancing a broader agenda of bio-exploitation.”

The document signed by the chairman of GPA, Dr. Phillip Njemanze, stated that an international “foundation sponsored the passage of the National Biosafety Management Agency Act (NBMA 2015) and the National Health Act (NHA 2014) to provide the legal framework for these clandestine operations: the seizing of Nigeria’s food security and the harvesting of women’s ovarian eggs in exchange for GMO seeds destined for tissue and organ cloning.

“The global organ-cloning industry is valued at USD 30 trillion; it is estimated that ten million Nigerian women will die annually from complications of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (liver failure, kidney failure, cancer, infection, infertility).”

The group disclosed that its key findings showed that “biotechnology investors hired mercenary forces to clear natural farmlands in northern Nigeria, driving farmers into IDP camps.”

The GPA therefore recommended: “immediate investigation by the House Committee on Nutrition and Food Security into the nexus between biotech funding and insurgent activities.

“Parliamentary oversight hearings to summon present and former ministers of agriculture, health and environment as well as NGO partners, for full disclosure of the E-wallet programme, ‘improved seeds’ and related farmer fatalities.

“Legislative safeguards prohibiting armed contractors in agricultural development projects, including repeal of the NBMA 2015 Act and NHA 2014 Act.

“Total ban on GM seed and plant-variety releases in Nigeria. Even one percent contamination with GMO-derived genes triggers bans in export markets (EU, Russia, China).

“International referral for sanctions and potential ICC scrutiny of those who weaponized public-health and food-security initiatives.”

The group said it was “stand ready to provide further data, facilitate witness testimony, and collaborate on drafting legislative or regulatory measures on this matter, which strikes at the heart of Nigeria’s food sovereignty and security.”

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