According to the federal government, the proposal to outlaw the country’s consumption of cow skin, also known as ponmo locally, was made since it has no nutritious value.
Muhammad Yakubu, the director-general of the Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST), Zaria, reportedly revealed this on Sunday in Abuja, according to Anaedoonline.ng.
Yakubu stated that in order to save the industry and strengthen the economy of the country, people should cease consuming animal skin, which has no nutritious value.
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The director-general further stated that the institute would approach the national parliament and state governments to introduce legislation outlawing the consumption of “ponmo” in cooperation with industry partners.
“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. At one point, there was a motion before the two chambers of the national assembly, it was debated but I don’t know how the matter was thrown away,” he said.
He claimed that the current status of tanneries in Nigeria was partially caused by people eating animal skin.
He added that the current National Leather Policy addressed several fundamental issues facing the industry.
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“If we get our tanneries, our footwear and leather production working well in Nigeria, people will hardly get pomo to buy and eat. When implemented fully, it would turn around most of the comatose tanneries and ginger greater output in production.”
Yakubu further appealed to stakeholders to support the legislation and the national leather policy to revive the sector.
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