"Ponmo has no nutritional value"- FG says, plans to ban it

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The FG has partially blamed the consumption of animal skin for the present comatose state of tanneries in Nigeria.

“To the best of my knowledge, Nigerians are the only people in the world that overvalue skin as food, after all, Ponmo has no nutritional value," Muhammad Yakubu, DG, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST), said.

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