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Pharmacists, under the platform of Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), have appealed to the federal government to ban sachet alcohol completely.

ACPN noted that this was necessary to safeguard public health.

ACPN National Chairman, Pharmacist Ambrose Ezeh, made this declaration in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Monday.

Ezeh condemned the alleged decision by the Federal Government to reverse the ban on the production and retail distribution of alcoholic beverages in sachets and small-volume containers below 200ml.

He said that the directive originally issued by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) was firmly rooted in evidence-based harm-reduction principles and child-protection objectives.

According to him, “The prohibition of sachet alcohol should not be treated as a symbolic regulatory exercise”.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/02/17/ban-sachet-alcohol-completely-pharmacists-tell-fg/

If the objective is truly about protecting children, then why not propose a law that prohibits the sale of alcohol to anyone under the age of 18, with strict penalties for those who violate it?

Hmm this is a good development, even bottle water

Well, I don't take sachet alcohol so I will say bab it

Total ban on sachets alcohol should be the case to reduce the rate of abuse by minors.

Fenuja must not be banned. Remember the APC are going to share it to constituents as their "empowerment" programme. They need something to campaign with.

Nevertheless, it must not be sold to kids under the age of 18.

Drink responsibly.

Abeg make them leave small sachets for boys in the streets. Not everyone can afford a 40yrs Old whiskey like Wike

It was not like this before,how do we get to this level, everywhere you go is ogogoro kiosks

Let the poor continue to consume them na when the result is out let them die untimely alone x APC politicians willl never consume this but I’m sure they will buy them for their supporters in cartons so they can steal , snatch and run with the ballot boxes.

If poor man get kidney problem na die direct

Even the pharmacists are into selling of fake drugs, we need a total overhaul but unfortunately nigeria itself is a fake country

MrEar:
If the objective is truly about protecting children, then why not propose a law that prohibits the sale of alcohol to anyone under the age of 18, with strict penalties for those who violate it?

There are laws prohibiting such with penalties as well.

Enforcement is the major problem we have in this country.

indigenous234:
Abeg make them leave small sachets for boys in the streets. Not everyone can afford a 40yrs Old whiskey like Wike

Something wey dey give poor man joy
This govt is just so anti-poormen

Yes oh, that poison must be banned completely...Omo that shiiit don kpai ppl gan ni...

Even at the bus stops, parks and garages, you'll see them being littered everywhere...Drivers will consume them and start misbehaving endangering ppl's lives...


Those drinks are very harmful...if you think otherwise, go buy fresh liver meat from the market, pour 2 sachets of the dry gin on the liver and see the result immediately

Even SS3 boys get high on this stuff before going out to extort innocent motorists on the highway

LOL Nigerians sha... So it's the sachet that's the issue, not the alcohol itself? Would they ban plastic bottle alcohol as well?

Half of Lagos danfo drivers have a small plastic of Alomo, Ogidiga, Kerewa, Chelsea dry gin accompanying them on their jouney, so I don't think it would change anything. In fact, the sachet is what is preventing them from overdosing on alcohol.

The only advantage the sachet ban has is the environmental impact, cos of less plastic waste, apart from that, it changes nothing.

MrEar:
If the objective is truly about protecting children, then why not propose a law that prohibits the sale of alcohol to anyone under the age of 18, with strict penalties for those who violate it?

for Nigeria? Oga b realistic naija no get logistics to do that. Make them ban entirely. These things go enter black market and children go still have access to am. Make them ban am kpatakpata, exponge am

I completely support the ban because from experience, those stuffs they package in sachets and sell to people are highly poisonous!

As a guy man, I have tried some of them on a few occasions and the experiences were unsavoury! It's better for a guy man to take just a few bottles of beer and chill than taking those packaged poisons!

They are making a grave mistake. When these youth don't see what you want to ban they will start taking drugs

All these are just lie,
I was a bokku igando last week and a minor came to buy things and also a bottle of beer,
The bokku attendant told the minor to return the beer bottle and tell his father to come purchase the beer himself,
So parents too are contributing to this, why send u minor daughter to buy beer for u,
The next day I worked from home I wanted to buy a satchet of stricker,
A very small girl about 7years old came to buy stricker for her mom, immediately I told the seller , if u sell to her I will inform the police, this child has already prepared for school in her uniform and the mother sit lazily at home and tells her daughter to go buy for her,
I told the seller, u know this sathet u are selling is about to be banned because of this,
Any small child who come to buy and tell u it's their parents, please send the person back home,
Minors don't drink but the parents or wards that sends them

If They Ban it , How Will APC Urchins Cope?

if them ban this this thing alot of lives will be ruin by depression, cold go also wound some people because that some people morning coffee

It's not gonna be helpful... Bottle go hear am... An addit is an addit.

Nigeria is a twisted country, FG need to work for the good of public health...why can't those manufacturers channel their factory into producing healthy drinks.

Sachet alcohol is cheap ethanol, poisonous.

We are not ready in this country

Major problem is enforcement

FG made a law that okada riders must use helmets and if they enforce the law well,FINE and if they cant enforce the law, does it means that they will ban okada?

Sachet drink is clearly written 18+ and enforcement to sellers should be adhered to and not ban

Wetin concern me ..am not in the alcohol business ..I only drink it...small small...if they bann it at least bottle own de ...we go continue from there

It has more demerits than merits. Alcohol generally should be completely banned

I support a ban on sachet alcohol. Make such substances difficult to obtain to reduce abuse.

I agree completely. Ban them all

Baawaa:
It was not like this before,how do we get to this level, everywhere you go is ogogoro kiosks

It quite pathetic. Both male and female take that stuff

Ban ke?
what will APC riff raffs use to cause problems during elections, without this sachet achohol , APC might lose the next elections😊😊😊😊

Nice development, the government should act fast on this

It should be banned, not just for children but for all. Government should be at the forefront of safeguarding the health of its citizens, especially for those who don't know what is good for them, even if they are adults.

Pharmacists are the ultimate beneficiaries of ill health. To hear that this is coming from them, it really shows their altruism. Kudos to Nigerian pharmacists.