Thread by @YaliAbuja

It’s #WorldFoodSafetyDay

Join us for a live tweet chat by 4PM today.

Our guests are @ComfortONYAGA @AtomicBettyBA

Hello world, for records, this would be the second #WorldFoodSafetyDay Celebration.

Just as this year's Theme says: Food Safety is Everyone's Business, we all have key responsibilities in achieving Food Safety.

#HWFSD #FoodSafety #FoodSafetyMyBusiness

To create this Food safety awareness in Nigeria, welcome on our panel @ComfortONYAGA and @AtomicBettyBA.

#HWFSD #FoodSafety #FoodSafetyMyBusiness

Feel free to use these contents to create awareness across your social media platforms

CC: @FmardNg @WHO @FAO @FMEnvng @FinMinNigeria

#HWFSD #FoodSafety #FoodSafetyMyBusiness

We believe this action will promote global food safety awareness and call upon the @FmardNg and decision-makers, the private sector, civil society, @UN organizations and the general public to take action.

#HWFSD #FoodSafety #FoodSafetyMyBusiness

Q1. @ComfortONYAGA
our first call to action is to "ensure it’s safe" We believe #Government must ensure safe and nutritious food for all.
•What strategy can the government put in place?
•What data can we use to influence policymakers?
•How can these be implemented?

Q2. @AtomicBettyBA our next call of action is to "grow it safe" Its paramount agriculture and food producers need to adopt good practices
•What strategy can the government use in adapting to this?
•What data can we use to influence policymakers?
•How can these be implemented?

Q3. @AtomicBettyBA "Keep it safe" is the 3rd call to action. We need to get business operators to make sure food is safe
•What strategy can the business operators use to checkmate food safety?
•How can these be implemented?
#WorldFoodSafetyDay #FoodSafetyMyBusiness
#WFSD

Q4. @ComfortONYAGA all consumers have a right to safe,healthy and nutritious food which leads us to the4th call to action "Eat it safe".
•How can we ensure this?
•What bodies are required to regulate this action?
•How can this action be implemented?
#FoodSafetyMyBusiness
#WFSD

Q5. @AtomicBettyBA its essential we educate people to grasp that food safety is a shared responsibility "Team up for safety"
•What strategy can we use to achieve collaboration from all sectors and actors?
•How can these be implemented?
•What's the role of policymakers?
#WFSD

Listen to what our members are saying!!

" We would have cooked and taken to the less privileged ones, bearing in mind #SDGs goal 2 "Zero Hunger"

In a country blessed like #Nigeria, we still have people who go to bed without food.

Youth inclusion ; what is the way foward?" ~ @AwelelewaOtakpo

The most common symptoms of foodborne disease are stomach pains, vomiting and diarrhoea. I have seen this alot in the community over here. Children are at high risk from eating unsafe foods. 😢😢

Let our voice be heard today. ~ James Okpanachi

#WorldFoodSafetyDay #FoodSafety

This is a unique topic for discussions for a time like this.
Especially at this time when the crude oil price, where our foreign income is dependent on is unreliable and agriculture is believed to be the best alternative. - Melaye Olusanya Babatunde
1/8
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The challenge of food preservatives and packaging has been one of our major set back in food exportation. Some of our food items (grains) are said to be "not good for human consumption" due to bad preservatives and packaging. - Melaye Olusanya Babatunde
2/8
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Meanwhile, this is the food we all consume with all voracity without any consciousness of what and where it is preserved.

This has led some many to untimely grave even without proper diagnosis. - Melaye Olusanya Babatunde
3/8
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Have we actually asked ourselves, in recent time why a lot of young people are infected with some terminal diseases like Kidney failures, liver damage, heart disease pancreas Cancer etc (which are said to be associated with old age before now)? - Melaye Olusanya Babatunde
4/8

There is need for government and the relevant agencies (@NafdacAgency, ministries and agencies in the agricultural value chain) to do not only in regulation but also in educating and sensitization to all agriculture and food processing value chains in Nigeria. - Melaye
5/8
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Also, more attention should be given to our importation of food. In Nigeria now, we have a lot of our foods (e.g Gari, Red oil, groundnut oil to mention a few, highly chemicalized👌🏼) being imported from China, 🙁 - Melaye Olusanya Babatunde
6/8
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In short, we can't talk about food safety without touching a few those things I mentioned above. The effects of poor food hygiene also can not be overemphasized especially for the common men on the street. - Melaye Olusanya Babatunde
7/8
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We need to look at this topic holistically thereafter engage with the relevant authorities for effective implementation of some of those things. - Melaye Olusanya Babatunde
8/8
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One beautiful thing about this year's theme is the involvement of everyone as stakeholder: "#FoodSafety is every one business"
What is key is, contributing our bits to the big picture of ending zero hunger in Nigeria. Growing, preserving, or eating safe.
~ @preciousebere

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Thank you @ComfortONYAGA and @AtomicBettyBA, we are glad to have you grace our panel.

CC: @WHO @USEmbassyAbuja @UN @nassnigeria @YALINetwork

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