NUMTEN calls for Police action against distillers association over unregistered sachets, pet bottle alcohol
Stanley Ihedigbo
National Union of Market Traders and Employers of Nigeria (NUMTEN) has petitioned the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon Annex, Lagos urging him to take immediate action against the Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria and its allies over supplies of unregistered sachets and pet drinks in the markets.
According to NUMTEN’s petition signed by its National President, Com. High Chief James Chukwuma Ogu, the association has flouted an agreement signed with National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in 2018, which stipulated that they would cease manufacturing and importing sachets and pet drinks.
Despite this agreement, the association and its member companies have continued to produce and import these unregistered hazardous products banned by the agency, putting the health and well-being of citizens at risk.
NUMTEN is calling on the police commissioner to direct all police formations under his jurisdiction to collaborate with them in preventing the entry of these banned and prohibited products into the Lagos market.
It’s worth noting that the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has urged manufacturers and distributors of alcoholic beverages to comply with the ban on sachet and PET bottle alcohol.
Emphasising that alcohol in PET bottles has been banned, she warned distributors and retailers to desist from selling and distributing the prohibited products.
Adeyeye referred to the ministerial ban and the agreement signed by the Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria in 2018.
However, the current allegations suggest that the association may not be adhering to its own commitments and regulatory agreements.
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