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May 18, 2019
TheFederal Government has said that the ECOWAS biosafety regulations wouldfacilitate the adoption of safe and useful modern biological processes to boostagricultural productivity, environmental sustainability and economic growth inthe region.
TheMinister of Environment, Suleiman Zarma, made this known at the ministersmeeting on the Validation of the Preliminary Draft Regulations on Biosafety inWest Africa held in Abuja on Friday.
Zarma,who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ibukun Odusote, said thedocument on the regulations was expected to be legally binding on memberstates.
TheMinister urged that the regulations do not interfere with or delay the ease ofdoing business in member countries to ensure economic sustenance whilemaintaining safety.
Alsospeaking with newsmen, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development,Cote d’Ivoire, Joseph Seka Saka, said that member states would have a commonvision on the application of biosafety regulations.