Beware!!!Poisonous Ponmo Now In Ogun – Commissioner For Agriculture Raises Alarm

 

The state commissioner for Agriculture, Ronke Sokefun

raised alarm yesterday, while addressing stakeholders

and ‘Ponmo’ sellers in her office in Abeokuta, over the

discovery of poisonous cattle hide and skin otherwise

known as ‘Ponmo’ in some markets in the state, warning

the people against its consumption.

She said some unscrupulous businessmen were taking

advantage of the gap in demand and supply of the soup

ingredient popularly called ‘Ponmo’ to sell industrial

‘Ponmo’ laden with tanning chemicals to the

unsuspecting public.

She explained how the toxic ‘Ponmo’ otherwise known as

‘imported ‘Ponmo’ can easily be identified in the market;

it is often brownish black, foul smelling, abnormally

thick with layers and ridiculously cheap compared to the

certified ‘Ponmo’, she said..