A worker monitors newly bottled beers on the production line at the InBev beer factory in Ogun State outside Lagos, Nigeria. File photo by STEFAN HEUNIS / AFP/via GettyOfficials in Nigeria’s Niger State are at loggerheads over a proposed ban on alcohol. The kerfuffle highlights the complexities of alcohol regulation in Nigeria where drinkers spent 600 billion naira ($399 million) on beer in the first half of 2022 alone, according to the Vanguard newspaper. “We found only two schools and three religious institutions located further than 600m from an alcohol outlet. “Each alcohol outlet people pass serves as a visual reminder of alcohol consumption, possibly shaping collective norms by suggesting that a higher percentage of people drink alcohol,” Odeigah said.

Source: The Guardian February 26, 2024 04:46 UTC