The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, the umbrella body for employers in Nigeria, has rejected recent ban on alcoholic beverages in sachets and small size bottles, describing it as an economic sabotage.
Speaking in Lagos yesterday, NECA’S Director General, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, called for immediate reversal, warning of its employment implications.
“The unintended consequences of the ban on the production of alcoholic beverages in sachets and small bottles by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, are better imagined than experienced,” he said
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According to the head of NECA, “this ban is aimed at economic sabotage and tries to drag companies in this sector even further into the economic abyss
Oyerinde said: “The recent ban on the production and sale of these products is not only wrong but also inconsistent with the current economic situation, the current unemployment rate and the inability of customs effective border control
and the potential loss of investment by these organizations.
“At a time when all economic fundamentals are against organized business, with With consequent effects on job creation and business sustainability, NAFDAC’s ban will continue to drag businesses into the abyss and aggravate the current unemployment rate in the country
many entry points are left unmonitored, which will also encourage smuggling, as unscrupulous actors will take advantage of the ban to flood the market with dangerous counterfeit products.
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