The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced the enforcement of the ban on the production and sale of alcohol in sachets and PET bottles below 200ml in line with the Senate’s directive.
This was disclosed on Wednesday by Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General (DG) of NAFDAC during a press conference.
She said, “The proliferation of high-alcohol-content beverages in sachets and small containers has made such products easily accessible, affordable, and concealable.
“We already started the enforcement to ban alcohol production in sachets and bottles below 200ml, after we received the order from the Senate.
“NAFDAC is not against alcohol, but we are against its proliferation in high concentrations in sachets and small bottles to prevent children from having easy access to it.”
She stated that before her tenure as the DG of NAFDAC, sachet alcohol had between 50 and 90 percent alcohol, which was extremely high.
According to her, “We asked manufacturers to reduce the content to 30 percent, but they went directly to the ministry to express their displeasure, citing potential loss of jobs and investment.
“The then Minister of Health gave them a five-year period, from December 2018 to January 31, 2024, to adjust their business operations.”
NAFDAC, on November 11, 2025, had announced its plans to enforce the complete ban of such products by December 2025, in line with a directive from the Senate.