By BAMIDELE JOHNSON
I deliberately refrained from joining the conversation on the proposed (k)ponmo ban because I was studying the situation-the way a politician vanquished at an election petitions tribunal does the judgment. Ogunwusi Bamidele Segun, who knows my affection for and devotion to ponmo, famously invited my attention to what he thought could negatively affect me and the whole amala-gbegiri-ewedu ecosystem. Also endangered is the bucket meat/paraga community, a vast one, I must add.
Whoever came up with the idea does not know the drool-inducing qualities of ponmo and the joy it gives when it interacts with amala-gbegiri-ewedu and your palate.
Whoever came up with the idea does not know the drool-inducing qualities of ponmo and the joy it gives when it interacts with amala-gbegiri-ewedu and your palate. Saying it has no nutritional value, I wish to state, is utter rubbish. We can get nutrients from other sources, so why the attempt to calumniate ponmo?
Say no to the blanket ban of ponmo. If they try it, I will send Wike after them.
I do not disagree that some species of ponmo deserve to be banned. Among these are the flimsy ones, which are no thicker than tissue paper, and the badly burnt, wall-thick and hard variety.
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The most deserving of a ban is the healthy-looking, but flat strain. No joy is derivabele from ponmo that does not have folds in which soup lodges, giving the consumer the additional thrill of suctioning the soup. None. Who needs nutrients when there’s the joy of watching the soup dribble down to your elbow as you suction the soup? Respect is reciprocal o.
Say no to the blanket ban of ponmo. If they try it, I will send Wike after them.
