Following the death of 38
persons last week in Rivers State, with clinical investigations of their death
pointing to the consumption of local dry gin, the National Agency for Food and
Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has placed a ban on the consumption of
the locally-made gin, popularly called ogogoro.
Also,
the agency revealed that it will begin immediate confiscation of all illegally
brewed alcoholic beverages.
The
director-general of NAFDAC, Dr Paul Orhii, disclosed this yesterday during a
joint press conference with the director-general of the Nigerian Centre for
Disease Control (NCDC), Prof Abulsalami Nasidi, in Abuja, saying that the
agency is saddened by the fatality rate related to the incident.
“People
should stop consuming ogogoro, unless
they want to embark on a suide mission. The symptoms suffered by the victims of
methanol-poisoned gin include vomiting, abdominal pain, blurred vision,
headache, dizziness and loss of consciousness,”Orhi said.
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