date:Mar 01, 2019
At this moment, the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) is going head-to-head with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) over the latter's recent ban on the use of methyl bromide as a pest control fumigant for crops.
The Director General of the quarantine agency, Dr. Vincent Isegbe, also maintained that only NAQS had the sole mandate to make a public pronouncement on the use of Methyl bromide for phytosanitary treatment of agro-produce in Nigeria.