THE Director General of the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, Moji Adeyeye said the ban on the sale and consumption of sachet alcoholic beverages in the country is still in force.
Adeyeye said this, on Wednesday, at a press briefing held in Lagos. She said, “the ban on sachet alcohol is a ministerial directive and the ban still remains until the ministers reverse it.” The meeting was a continuation of the discussions.
“The outcome of the meeting was that the ministers should write a memo to the Speaker, House of Representatives, just as the representative of the Speaker, Prof. Jake Dan-Azumi, said “we should continue the discussion after the recess of the House members in July. So, the discussion continues.”
Recall that the deputy spokesman for the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, during the week, disclosed that the House and NAFDAC resolved to lift the ban on the sale and consumption of sachet alcoholic beverages in the country.
