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This study aims to evaluate the biosafety and biosecurity engagements among workers in some selected institutional research laboratories in Abuja, Nigeria. A biosafety and biosecurity survey was carried out from October 2021 to March 2022 (6 months) among 280 workers such as laboratory technologists, veterinary clinicians in institutional research laboratories (Private and Public) in Abuja, research officers and graduate students. This study data was collected using a standardized and self-administered questionnaire that had 2 sections; Socio-Demographic and Criteria assessment (General knowledge on laboratory biosafety and biosecurity, Laboratory biosecurity Agenda, Laboratory Biosecurity Plan, Achieve Laboratory Biosafety, Attitude towards Laboratory Biosafety). The predictors of biosecurity and biosafety engagement effect on the workplace (Private or Public) was significant with Omnibus χ2 (5, N= 280) = 44.130, Hosmer-Lemeshow values χ2 40.954, DF=7, p< 0.05. The interaction (Sector*Biosafety level) effect [F (5, 266) =5.43, p

This study aims to evaluate the phytotoxicity effect in Erythrophleum suaveolens leaves extracts on germination and growth of Oba 98, Oba super 6, Samaz 52 and Sanaz 37 maize seeds varieties obtained from Abuja, Nigeria. The maize seeds were subjected to treatment with exposure to methanol and water extract of E. suaveolens in different concentrations of 100, 10 and 1% respectively. A control group was set up without treatment. Both treated and untreated seeds were planted in petri-dish in the laboratory and their germination and growth were monitored for 8 days. Germination was only experienced with the 1% methanol of the E. Suaveolens with a mean germination percentage of 33.33±28.87, mean radical length (mm) of 24.67±24.03 and mean plumule length (mm) of 13.33±12.22 treated Oba98 seeds. All other maize seeds germination was inhibited by the extracts used for the treatment. The control group germination and growth were not inhibited. The extract treatment shows a significant relationship with the three (3) parameters; germination percentage, radical and plumule length with F(6, 84) =7.833, 9.688 and 8.567 respectively at p