Tag: #SachetAlcoholBan
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NAFDAC BEGINS NATIONWIDE CRACKDOWN ON BANNED SACHET ALCOHOL
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has launched a nationwide enforcement exercise to remove alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and PET bottles below 200ml from circulation, reinforcing the Federal Government’s ban on the products. The agency said coordinated operations are underway across the six geopolitical zones, targeting markets, motor parks,…
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NECA SLAMS SACHET ALCOHOL BAN: JOBS & ECONOMY AT RISK
Banning cheap booze in sachets sounds noble, but NECA warns it’ll unleash smugglers and torch jobs especially with Nigeria’s 1,000+ porous borders begging for trouble. Director-General Wale Smatt-Oyerinde fired off at a Tuesday Lagos briefing: “A blanket ban isn’t the solution it threatens investments and unemployment we can’t afford.” Instead of job losses and police…
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CSOs BACK NAFDAC’S BAN ON SACHET ALCOHOL STARTING DECEMBER TO PROTECT NIGERIA’S YOUTH
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) including the Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED) and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have thrown their weight behind the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control’s (NAFDAC) ban on small-sized alcoholic beverages (sachets, PET bottles, glass bottles under 200ml) set for December 2025. The CSOs…
