Why Should You Stop Eating Ponmo? - Medical Expert Talks on Myths About the Delicacy

 

Speaking with News Agency of Nigeria on Monday, August 24, a medical consultant at Ultra Modern Clinic, Government House Awka, Anambra state, Dr Sunny Ekwunife, has said that the consumption of cow skin (ponmo) is unhealthy, and debunked beliefs which claims that eating ponmo is good for the elderly, saying that there is no truth in it.

“How can a damaged motor-tyre that has chemical components added to it while producing, add anything good to a cow skin which undergoes a process of roasting with its flame add to the human body?” Ekwunife asked.

According to him, the animal skin has no proven medical or nutritional value, but rather it is unhealthy and should be put to better use.

“It is mere waste of the cow skin for our people to be consuming it by eating which is a waste on its own. It will be more beneficial to the economy to use it to produce lasting products as belts, shoes, so as to improve our living standard and generate funds for the benefit of the nation,” he said.

Ekwunife stated that it would be hard to stop people from consuming ponmo as result of the false information they have been fed with.

It can be recalled that some time last year, some Nigerians had gone ballistic following reports that the federal government may soon ban the sale and widespread consumption of ponmo, a popular delicacy to many.