{"id":6257,"date":"2017-09-18T03:10:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T03:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/groups-sue-biosafety-agency-ministers-over-permit-to-mosanto-for-gmo-cotton\/"},"modified":"2017-09-18T03:10:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T03:10:38","slug":"groups-sue-biosafety-agency-ministers-over-permit-to-mosanto-for-gmo-cotton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/groups-sue-biosafety-agency-ministers-over-permit-to-mosanto-for-gmo-cotton\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups sue biosafety agency, ministers over permit to Mosanto for GMO cotton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dr. Rufus Ebegba<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\nSeventeen civil society groups, last week drew a battle line with the National Biosafety Management Agency (NABMA) for granting a multi-national company, Monsanto Agricultural Nigeria Limited permit to release and place in the market genetically modified for insect (pest) resistance cotton and maize in the country. <\/p>\n

The defendants in the suit are National Biosafety Management Agency, Ministers of Environment, Monsanto Agricultural Nigeria Limited, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Minister of Agriculture, Attorney General of the Federation and National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control.<\/p>\n

The plaintiffs, including the Registered Trustees of Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Women Environmental Programme and Initiative for Peace, Empowerment and Tolerance in an originating summon filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division are seeking a declaration that the 1st defendant did not comply with the provisions of the National Biosafety Management Agency act in granting the permits to the 3rd and 4th defendants for the purpose of commercial release of BT cotton (MON 15985) and confined field trial with NK603 and MON89034 x NK603 maize in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The plaintiff also want a declaration that the issuance of the said permits on the May 1, 2016 which happens to be a public holiday being Sunday and Workers Day is illegal, null and void; that the procedure and issuance of the permits to the 3rd for the purpose of commercial release of bt cotton (MON 15985) and to the 3rd and 4th defendants for confined field trial<\/p>\n

The summons taken out by Ifeany Nwankwere of Basilea Juris Associates are seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining the 3rd defendant and 4th defendant by themselves, their agents, servants, workmen or otherwise whatsoever from carrying out any activity or further activities pursuant to the permits granted by the 1st defendant as well as a order revoking the permits granted by the 1st defendant to the 3rd and 4th defendants.<\/p>\n

An environmentalist, Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation, in an affidavit in support of the originating summon said, \u201cthat the 1st and 2nd Defendants did not take into consideration public views as no public hearing to seek the views of the public on the applications was ever organized. Neither did they take into consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe prevailing health and environmental concerns around GMOs even in the Western Countries especially as an international tribunal in the Hague recently found that the activities of the 3rd defendant causes harm to the environment and opined criminalising such activities as \u201cEcocide\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat if the reliefs are not granted the activities of the 3rd Defendant & 4th Defendant as per the approvals would jeopardise our environment. It would also be a missed opportunity to check administrative rascality and constant disregard for public interest and due process.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr. Rufus Ebegba Seventeen civil society groups, last week drew a battle line with the National … Groups sue biosafety agency, ministers over permit to Mosanto for GMO cotton<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[695,1231,522,41,15309],"class_list":["post-6257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-agent","tag-foundation","tag-nigeria","tag-property","tag-ups"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Rufus_-NBMA.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3764,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/stakeholders-endorse-national-plan-for-disaster-risk-reduction\/","url_meta":{"origin":6257,"position":0},"title":"Stakeholders endorse national plan for disaster risk reduction","author":"Amazing Property","date":"April 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Director, Finance and Accounts, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Hakeen Akinbola (left) handing over to the New Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Maihaja in Abuja PHOTO: NAN Ahead of the\u00a0global talks in Cancun, Mexico next month, stakeholders have approved three documents that will assist Nigeria to fulfill requirements for\u00a0the\u00a015-year\u00a0Sendai Framework for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Opportunities In New Markets"","block_context":{"text":"Opportunities In New Markets","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/category\/opportunities-in-new-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NEW-DG-PIX.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NEW-DG-PIX.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NEW-DG-PIX.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NEW-DG-PIX.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NEW-DG-PIX.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4998,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/experts-urge-campaign-to-protect-nations-biodiversity\/","url_meta":{"origin":6257,"position":1},"title":"Experts urge campaign to protect nation\u2019s biodiversity","author":"Amazing Property","date":"June 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"In a related development, the Director General, Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), Mr. Adeniyi Karunwi has urged Nigerians to protect the earth by avoid any habit that could wreck havoc thereby making the earth lose it natural vitality. 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