Runtown reacts to ban of Sniper by NAFDAC

Douglas Jack Agu (born 19 August 1989), better known by his stage name Runtown has reacted to the ban of Sniper by the National Food and Drug Administration Control, NAFDAC as reported yesterday.

Recall that we reported that Dr Husman Bukar, the Director, Veterinary Medicine and Allied Products Directorate, NAFDAC, said the decision was coming at a time when new herbicides that were safer and environmentally-friendly were being registered in Nigeria.

“A date for the ban has not been announced but it will happen very soon. Paraquat has been banned in several countries and we cannot continue to allow it to come into Nigeria,” he said.

He also announced stricter measures to curtail the use of Sniper (Dichlorvos or 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate) in homes to end the abuse of the pesticide which in recent times had been associated with suicides in Nigeria.

Runtown who reacted to the ban of Sniper by NAFDAC said it only tackles how people commit suicide not why people commit suicide.

He further told the agency to focus on the reason why people commit suicide.

He tweeted;

Banning Sniper only tackles HOW people commit suicide not WHY people commit suicide. It’s like going to dry up the Lagos Lagoon because people use it as a tool for committing suicide. To truly curb this epidemic, we must focus on the reason WHY people do it.