Contrary to a position shared by the House of Representatives, the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Mojisola Adeyeye insists the ban on the sale and consumption of sachet alcoholic beverages remains.
Speaking at a press briefing held in Lagos, Adeyeye said the ban was based on a ministerial directive and would require an order from the same channel to override it.
This contradicts an earlier position by deputy spokesman for the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese that claimed the House and NAFDAC resolved to lift the ban pending the full recovery of the economy from its current strain.
NAFDAC in February banned importation, manufacture, sale and use of alcoholic beverages in sachets, PET, and glass bottles of 200ml and below, a move distillers and labour unions said would cost 500,000 workers their jobs, and ruin N800bn investments.
But medical experts warned that lifting the ban on alcoholic beverages will lead to acute health complications, increased road traffic accidents, increased risk of abuse of alcohol, liver problems, heart-related problems, and cancers, among others.
