“Avoid moi-moi cooked in nylon” – Ogbeh

   
Important warning for all moi-moi enthusiasts like me.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbeh, has cautioned against the preparation of moi-moi in cellophane.

The minister disclosed this at a one-day public hearing on Food security Bill in Abuja on Thursday. He explained that cooking moi-moi in cellophane can be dangerous and poisonous to health as the nylon contains a large dosage of dioxins.

He gave leaves or plates as a safer substitute to cellophane, stating that these options do not contain the poisonous dioxins. He also revealed that high level of insecticides used by farmers to preserve grains has killed a lot of Nigerians without them knowing.

In the same vein, Ogbeh counseled consumers of sachet water (pure water) exposed to sun at over 28 degree Celsius; he said it’s harmful to health and is the major reason for kidney and liver failure among Nigerians.

Meat not properly cooked could also cause tuberculosis. But he commended Nigerians in this case, saying that their habit of over-boiling meat had helped to prevent tuberculosis infection.

“Many of the cows being moved from one place to the other by herdsmen are already infected with tuberculosis.

“But our practice of boiling meat very well here has been the saving grace of people being infected with the deadly disease’’,

he said.

The minister further disclosed that smuggled frozen chicken preserved with formalin, a chemical commonly used in the preservation of corpses, posed a serious health challenge.

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“The wrong application of fertiliser by farmers has also led to consumption of poisonous foods. “Unknown to many farmers, there is specific fertiliser for specific crops in specific states in line with soil texture’’, he said.

The one-day programme was organized by the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development to expose causes of some major health challenges.