The Nigerian Senate has firmly directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to enforce a total ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets and small-volume PET bottles by December 31, 2025. This directive explicitly prohibits any extension of this deadline. The Senate's resolution follows concerns about the health risks, youth addiction, and social disorder caused by cheap alcohol sold in these packaging formats.

The ban is part of a phased approach agreed upon in a 2018 Memorandum of Understanding signed by major stakeholders including the Federal Ministry of Health, NAFDAC, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, and industry associations. The goal is to mitigate the affordability, portability, and accessibility of sachet alcohol, which has been easily accessible to vulnerable groups such as children and adolescents.

Despite previous deadline extensions from 2023 to 2024 and then to 2025, the Senate has made it clear that no further grace period will be tolerated. This decision aims to uphold public health standards consistent with global practices and prevent continued circulation of harmful alcoholic products in sachet packaging beyond the set deadline.