, stakeholders in the industry and consumer rights group have staged protests in Lagos and Abuja against the NADFAC’s ban, emphasising that the policy could displace more than 5.5 million Nigerians from their jobs.
Alcohol strength is measured globally using Alcohol by Volume, ABV, and the products in question fall within internationally recognised ranges for spirits.
Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC Director-General said, “This ban is not punitive; it is protective; she encourages manufacturers distributors, and retailers, to comply fully with the ban.
Adekunle Ojora, in the wake of the Nigerian Enterprise Promotion Act, acquired equity stakes in numerous foreign companies operating in Nigeria, including Bowring Group, Inchcape, Schlumberger, Phoenix Assurance, UTC Nigeria, Evans Brothers, and Seven-Up.
Meshioye urges the government to prevail on the regulator to suspend the ban, because, “When manufacturing thrives, Nigeria thrives..when manufacturing wins, government wins.”
The MAN leader urged the government to intervene and instruct NAFDAC to cease disrupting member activities and to abide by the suspension of the ban.
Licensed institutions are required to establish physical branches or service centres in key locations, improving access for customers who need in-person support.
The enemy is the long-standing, fear-enforced Monday sit-at-home order, a ghostly mandate from non-state actors that has strangled businesses and normalized weekly monday sit-at-home for years.
Abdul Salam Rabiu, founder and Chief Executive of BUA Group, said: “This investment comes at a transformative time for Nigeria, bolstered by the bold reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu administration which have made it easier to establish and operate factories while stimulating demand for infrastructure and construction projects.”
The Plant Director, Azad, said that the company had implemented several social projects, some of which include Farmers Assistance Grants to Oyo and Iwaa’s Vocational Skill Training, Market Women Assistance Grant to Oyo and Iwaa, funding support to cooperatives in all four communities and provision of security houses to promote and support community policing.
