Nigeria to ban consumption of cow skin ‘ponmo’ for lacking nutritional value – FG

The Federal Government says it is proposing a ban on the consumption of cow skin, popularly known as ‘Ponmo’, for lacking any nutritional value. The Head of the Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST), Zaria, Kaduna State, Muhammad Yakubu, who made the disclosure, said, “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”. Ponmo is a popular supplement in soups prepared in many Nigerian homes, especially in the South-western part of…

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