Distillers’ Agreement With NAFDAC To Stop Manufacturing Of Alcoholic Beverages Signed Under Duress – Group

A civil rights group, Concerned Citizens of Nigeria (CCN), has alleged that the agreement signed between the Association of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Employees (AFBTE) and Distillers and Beverages Association of Nigeria (DABAN), the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) in 2018 was under “duress.”

The Group during a protest in Abuja, expressed their displeasure with the decision of NAFDAC, FCCPC and the Federal Ministry of Health to ban the production of alcoholic beverages of 200ml and below.