00:03I thought these sachet alcoholic drinks were banned in Nigeria but I see them
00:09everywhere what's going on they are popular because they are super strong
00:15easily available and very affordable you can get yourself seven of these sachets
00:22for a euro
00:52people buy them to get through the day even during work I have seen bus drivers taking a
00:57stick in the morning that's dangerous and these days it's not just adults more and more young
01:04Nigerians including children are drinking Nigeria has one of the highest youth drinking rates in
01:09Africa that's a problem the government says these sachet alcoholic drinks are partly to blame they
01:16are sold often with no questions asked more than 50 percent of underage drinkers managed
01:21to buy alcohol themselves and they are small enough to easily hide from parents
01:49the boost can be up to 40 percent proof strong stuff even for an adult we definitely want to do
01:56it
01:56we definitely have a significant alcohol alcohol consumption problem and we've had it for quite
02:02a while increasingly of course we're concerned about younger and younger people and that makes
02:10it a public health issue of significant concern the ban which kicked in at the end of 2025 was supposed
02:18to prevent children from having access to alcohol and also reduce alcohol related problems so why isn't
02:25it working first Nigeria doesn't have a single clear federal law that explicitly bans selling alcohol to
02:33minors so it's up to parents and sellers to protect them secondly there are conflicting messages from
02:40different government bodies about whether or not the ban is still being enforced so what's it gonna
02:47take for Nigeria to shake its sachet alcohol habit
