The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to investigate the basis and circumstances surrounding the ban imposed on the production of beverages in sachets and small bottles in Nigeria by NAFDAC.
This followed a motion moved on the floor by Rep Paschal Agbodike and Rep. Philip Agbese, noting that of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), empower the National Assembly to conduct investigations into the activities of any authority executing or administering laws made by the National Assembly, including the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
He further explained that the ban on the registration of beverages in small sachets and bottles will cause more hardship on Nigerians whose livelihoods come from the production and sale of such beverages and will, in the long run, plunge more Nigerians into unemployment and economic hardship and cause them to suffer more given the current subsidy removal regime.
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