The House of Representatives and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, have resolved to lift the ban on the sale and consumption of sachet alcoholic beverages pending when the manufacturers can adjust to the reality and the economy stabilize.
The deputy spokesman of the House, Mr. Philip Agbese stated this while briefing newsmen in Abuja.
According to Mr. Agbese, the resolution to temporarily lift the ban was arrived at after a meeting between the House Committee and NAFDAC officials.
Fielding questions from newsmen on the sideline of the briefing, the lawmaker rejected the notion that the lifting of the ban could result in a spike in the health risk occasioned by the sale and consumption of alcohol in small sachets.
He noted that by July, the modalities for the removal of the ban would be made public after modalities for the temporary removal of the ban has been worked out.