Sachet Alcohol Ban: Hoodlums Attack NAFDAC Officials in Abuja

• The federal government has insisted that the ban on sachet alcohol will not be lifted
• This was not well received by some hoodlums who attacked some officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control
• The agency's director, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, maintained that the ban was for the overall benefit of Nigerians

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

On Monday, February 12, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said there was no going back on the ban of alcoholic beverages in sachets.

It was reported on Tuesday, February 13, that NAFDAC’s director-general, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, insisted that the ban was for the benefit of Nigerians and to save lives.

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The DG stated that NAFDAC did not grant any product manufacturer renewal licenses past January 2024, The Nation reported.

Speaking on whether NAFDAC would review the ban given the growing protests, the head of the public relations office, NAFDAC, Christiana Obiazikwor, told The Punch that the ban remained.

Suspected thugs attack NAFDAC officials

But reacting differently, angry drug hawkers and touts, on Monday, attacked members of NAFDAC’s investigation and enforcement directorate and mobile police officers attached to them in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The suspected thugs destroyed the team's bus, throwing stones and other dangerous objects at the team and journalists who were on hand to monitor the exercise.

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NAFDAC's director general, Professor Moji Adeyeye, said it was following an intelligent tip-off carried out after several weeks of intelligence gathering and collation of data.

Adeyeye made this known in a statement issued on Monday, December 18, via NAFDAC X page (formerly known as Twitter) @NafdacAgency.

NAFDAC also warned Nigerians about a killer cough syrup known as NATURCOLD in Nigeria.

The NAFDAC DG stated that the medicines had already claimed the lives of six children in Cameroon.

Source: Legit.ng