A coalition of non-government organizations have called on state governments to ban Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and effect the repeal of the National Biosafety Management Agency Act which came into force in 2015, and amended in 2019.

The group led by Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and GMO- Free Nigeria Alliance made the call in a petition submitted to governors of no fewer 10 states on Tuesday, April 27, 2021., expressing their concern over the fact that the food and agricultural systems are being threatened by the unrestrained release of GMOs into the country.

The coalition comprises environmentalists, farmers, scientists, labor activists, youths, women, medical practitioners, lawyers, and civil society organisations , and the petition was submitted to the governors of Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Edo, Enugu, Kano, Katsina, and Lagos states as well as Federal Capital Territory(FCT).