Alcohol: Nigerian children caught in deadly trap
“When a child starts drinking alcohol at the age of five or nine, and we have documents to show that, Nigeria will not have any future.
The state-level analysis reveals disturbing variability of alcohol use by the survey; Gombe, Kaduna, the Federal Capital Territory, Anambra, Lagos and Rivers, Rivers recorded the highest procurement of alcohol in sachets and PET bottles among minors and underage persons, with 68.
The disturbing numbersA 2021 national survey conducted by Research and Data Solutions Limited, Abuja, for the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, and the Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria, DIBAN, found widespread access to alcohol among minors and underage persons.
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