Coordinating Minister, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate has assured that the
Ministry would endeavour to address the grievances borne by the members of Food, Beverage & Tobacco
Senior Staff Association.
The Minister stated this while addressing members of the association
who were at the Ministry’s Headquarters on Wednesday in Abuja on a peaceful protest
on the ban of sachet and pet bottled alcoholic beverages.
While appealing to the aggrieved group, the Minister, represented by the Ministry’s Permanent
Secretary, Kachallom Daju mni, promised
to look into their complaints to chart a way forward.
“What l am saying now is that we have heard your grievances, this is
a listening Government...we are going to discuss with partners, Trade Union Congress and other members on the way
forward”.
Earlier in his speech, the National President, Food, Beverage &
Tobacco Senior Staff Association, Comrade Jomoh Oyibo expressed the association’s dissatisfaction on the
ban imposed on the manufacturing, sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages in
sachets and pet bottles by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration
Control (NAFDAC).
He explained that NAFDAC has recently banned and sealed over 25 companies
producing sachet and pet bottled alcoholic drinks with the reason of curbing
alcoholic abuse which has affected the entrepreneurs, dependents and the workforce negatively.
He asserted that considering the present economic dynamics in Nigeria,
that the timing for the ban is not right, he therefore appealed to the Ministry
for timely intervention to abate the association is currently undergoing.
Deworitshe Patricia
Director (Information)
21 February, 2024
