Nigeria, Nov. 12 -- In a decisive move to curb alcohol abuse and protect public health, the Federal Government has announced official ban on the production, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and bottles below 200 millilitres,

Discover more Newspaper newspaper According to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, full enforcement of the ban will begin on January 1, 2026.

Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who disclosed this while speaking at a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, said the Federal Government had also approved the recruitment of 1,000 additional personnel for the agency, starting in December, to strengthen its regulatory and enforcement capacity.

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