The Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association, NECA, has raised alarm over the renewed enforcement by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, of a ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets and small PET bottles, describing the move as a serious regulatory misstep with far-reaching economic and governance consequences.
NECA said the action directly contradicts a directive issued by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on December 15, 2025, which suspended the ban, as well as a resolution of the House of Representatives of March 14, 2024, calling for restraint and broader stakeholder engagement.
In a statement yesterday, Director General of NECA, Mr. Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, said regulation must be rooted in evidence, proportionality and the rule of law.
