Following the deaths of 38 people in
Rivers state and a similar incident in
Ode-Irele, Ondo state due to the
consumption of locally made gin
popularly called Ogogoro, the Federal
Government of Nigeria has announced a total nationwide ban on the
consumption of the gin. The Director General of the National
Agency for Food and Drug
Administration and Control (NAFDAC),
Paul Orhii, who made the
announcement at a media briefing in
Abuja, Monday warned the general public against the consumption of the
gin which has turned out to be deadly
due to its toxic contents. “The public should desist from the
consumption of unregistered locally
made spirits (Ogogoro) and other
unregistered bitters. The government
will confiscate all illegally brewed
alcoholic beverages across the country, ” he reiterated. The NAFDAC boss was joined at the
media briefing by the National
Coordinator of the National Center
for Disease Control ( NCDC),
Abdulsalami Nasidi. According to Orhii: “Preliminary
investigation by the National Centre
for Disease Control (NCDC) and World
Health Organisation (WHO) ruled out
any infectious diseases and
confirmed the possibility of poisoning as the cause and in turn advised
NAFDAC to conduct further
investigation. “The symptoms suffered by victims
included vomiting, abdominal pain,
blurred vision, headache, dizziness
and loss of consciousness with
subsequent sudden deaths of 18
victims.” He explained that: “Results of the
laboratory investigation revealed
methanol toxicity. Five samples were
found to contain high concentration
of methanol (Ogogoro) which is
unwholesome and unfit for human consumption. “Blood methanol concentration above
1500-2000mg/L will certainly lead to
dead in untreated patients.” Speaking, the National Coordinator of
NCDC, Prof. Nasidi said his center
would work in collaboration with
NAFDAC to fight against the illegal
production of locally gin.
“We are working to combine force with NAFDAC to launch an attack on
these people. We will immediately
confiscate their products.”
“All locally produced methanol must
be checked before releasing it to the
public. We need to sensitize Nigerians on the need to beware of the locally
brewed gin.” The general public have however been
advised to immediately report and
evacuate to the nearest tertiary
health institution any suspected case
for prompt medical attention as
according to him.
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TO BAN IS NOT THE PROBLEM. Because even them banners and law agencies (mostly nigerian police) of nigeria take it more than us civilian

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were i will have problem with them is when they ban smoking of weed... :