date:Apr 02, 2014
modern biotechnology.
Mallam disclosed that the government was re-visiting the bill with the aim signing into law.
The Nigerian National Assembly passed the Bio-safety Bill on June 1, 2011, and it had since been awaiting Presidential assent.
The Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety is an international agreement as a supplement to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The protocol seeks to protect biological diversity from the potential risks posed by GM organisms resulting from modern biotechn