Stop Telling Nigerians Not To Eat Bush Meat…National Hunters’ Association Cries Out

The National Hunters’ Association
of Nigeria has told the government
to stop telling Nigerians not to
consume bush meat because it
has affected their business
drastically in the last few days and
its also driving its members into
unemployment.
The association made this known
while addressing journalists in
Lagos during a conference held
with journalists to address the
situation.
The President of the group, Chief
Ishola Olasehinde while speaking at
the conference said;
“We want to use this medium to
tell the government that our
businesses have been affected
since they have informed people to
stop consuming bush meat to
prevent Ebola.
This is our only means of
sustenance. Even if there is any
virus in these animals, once they
are boiled and fried, it gets killed.
Government should include hunters
in their research if they really want
to prove that bush meat causes
Ebola.
We hunters are the ones who
protect the country’s borders from
being invaded by nomads from
Mali and Lake Chad. If not for our
activities in the forest, Boko
Haram members would have taken
control of many cities in the
country. This is not the way the
government should reward us,” he
said.