The House of Representatives and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control have resolved to lift the ban on the sale and consumption of sachet alcoholic beverages in the country.

The deputy spokesman for the House, Philip Agbese, who disclosed this, said the lifting of the ban would end when the economy fully recovers from its current strain.

NAFDAC had banned the production of beverages in small sachets and bottles for reasons not unconnected with the prevailing cases of drug abuse in the country, especially by some young Nigerians.

Recall that the House of Representatives had on February 7, 2024, mandated its committee on the NAFDAC to probe the circumstances surrounding the ban imposed on the production of alcoholic beverages in sachets and small bottles in Nigeria by the agency.


This was sequel to a motion moved on the floor of the Green Chamber by members Paschal Agbodike and Philip Agbese during the plenary session.


Briefing journalists at the National Assembly Complex on Friday, Agbese disclosed that the resolution to temporarily lift the ban was arrived at after a meeting between the House Committee and NAFDAC officials.

He said, “We all agreed at the meeting that at a certain stage in history, we must move on with our counterparts across the globe. Nevertheless, at the moment, we agreed with NAFDAC that there would be a temporary lifting of the ban until the economy regains its strength.”

Speaking on how the decision was arrived at, Agbese who represents Ado/Ogbadigbo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency, Benue State, said, “We had engagements with stakeholders, including NAFDAC and the organised private sector involved. Resolutions were reached at that meeting based on the submissions made by the stakeholders, civil society organisations and other interested parties.

“Part of the recommendations before the parliament was that the ban was not timely given the current economic realities and coupled with the fact that the five-year moratorium granted by NAFDAC to the private sector, the advent of COVID-19 and other economic realities we are facing today did not permit the operators in the industry to comply with their terms.”

Source: https://punchng.com/Reps-NAFDAC-lift-ban-on-sachet-alcoholic-beverages

Been seeing these drinks everywhere ever since the announcement

Some people were making a mockery of yam tubers been cut to halves or quarters and sold in the market but can't reason why such as ALCOHOL for that matter can be reduced to very little sachets. This cuts across so many things so that they can become affordable.

Thank you House of Reps for giving us permission to drown our hunger in affordable sachets of alcohol.

Hahahah Sepe lifted

Kai Kai people right now....but wait, was it actually banned before?.. no be wetin Yoruba women and girls dey carry waka pass front of NAFDC office everyday?

I hope local man doesn't take over dose while thinking away pains caused by the emilokan government.

Very good, let the lazy youths drink themselves to death.

Useless vagabonds. These are the ones that want us to hand over the national treasury to them so that they can use it for WWW - Weed Wine Women.

Ogun kee all of una Mama

Alcohol should be permanently banned! The fake wey dey market no be here. Right from sachet to bottled, all na nonsense.

Sobriety was the best decision i made. No freaking hangovers!

That stuff was never out of the reach of touts in Lagos so what ban are they talking about

So they can tax them

Thank you nafdac

This is victory to Chelsea fans....

Continue sipping your Chelsea dry gin every time Chelsea lose

You impoverish the people, such that beer has become a luxury.

Now, not for the sake of the peoples health but for the sake of the bigger brewing companies, sachet alcoholic beverages is again reinstated.

Pretty soon, we would have sachet coke, thanks to Tinubu’s administration.

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Against say nay!

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The agberos have it.

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uria:
I've been seeing it everywhere. So which ban are we talking about

When will we ever know our problem in this country

The oga at the top banned it, but his boys on the streets were taking bribe from business owners to continue its production and sales.

You don't know your country again?

Dem ban am before?

I no know o because the thing come even popular pass before the Ban

There was a ban?

Ever8090:
Kai Kai people right now....but wait, was it actually banned before?.. no be wetin Yoruba women and girls dey carry waka pass front of NAFDC office everyday?

I'm surprised too because I've bin seeing it flying around like U.S helicopter in people shops

Mumu people. Sachet alcohol wey full everywhere for streets.

Any thing to destroy people's liver and kidneys and keep them distracted under the heavy influence of body destroying chemicals and facilitate their urge and AGBERO prowess.



Make dem enjoy.

Confuse elements

I am sure that their last ban was not effective because I see that stuff everywhere.

I saw them at gwarimpa as recent as yesterday.So what are they saying .

I think those ones in the sachet are more concentrated just the way sachet hypo is more concentrated than the bottle hypo. People should please be careful with those stuff.

The deputy spokesman for the House, Philip Agbese, who disclosed this, said the lifting of the ban would end when the economy fully recovers from its current strain.

As usual no time frame on when the economy will recover.
I doubt if the ban was even effective, the Keke driver that carry me two days ago was just sipping it like it's nobody's business.

Cool, Nigeria is for everybody not for some religion morons

adenigga:


Source: https://punchng.com/Reps-NAFDAC-lift-ban-on-sachet-alcoholic-beverages

Can anything actually be ban in Nigeria??

adenigga:


Source: https://punchng.com/Reps-NAFDAC-lift-ban-on-sachet-alcoholic-beverages

Imagine an irresponsible government and institution lifting ban on sachet alcoholic beverages with the excuse that the economy is strained and it will be enforced when normalcy returns.
Bunch of educated illiterate full of deception.
Thats the reason PBAT says the FG will pay what they can sustain and let everyone cut their coat according to their size of they even have size. I guess the sachet is the size the poverty minimum wage can buy.

when did they ban that stuff in the first place., because I see commercial drivers sipping their thing every day every day.