Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking to stop the Federal Ministry of Health and the Attorney-General of the Federation from extending the moratorium on the nationwide ban of alcohol in sachets.

The civil society group also asked the court to restrain any federal interference with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in enforcing the ban.

The suit, filed on SERAP's behalf by Mofesomo Tayo-Oyetibo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), argued that the continued circulation of sachet alcohol violates the National Health Act, 2014, the NAFDAC Act, the Spirits Drink Regulation, 2021, and a 2018 Memorandu...