There was fear on Thursday as the Sabon Gari Local Government Area in Zaria, Kaduna State proposed a bill to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol within the local government area.
The hearing on the proposed bill to outlaw the sale and consumption of alcohol took place at the Sabon Gari Local Government secretariat where tensions were high.
Sabon Gari is an area in Zaria, Kaduna State reserved for non-natives.
The Niger State government has withdrawn licenses issued to liquor dealers in the state because of what it describes as the refusal of liquor dealers to follow guidelines set by the government for the sale of liquor.
The Niger State Liquor Licensing Board, the body that regulates sale and consumption of alcohol announced the outright ban in a statement signed by its chairman, Malam Muhammad Shafii.
The hospitality industry have called on the Kwara State Government to lift the ban on the sales, production and consumption of alcohol in the state.
They said the enforcement of such a law would have far reaching effect on the nation’s economy and the hospitality industry.
They spoke with newsmen in separate interviews on Friday in Lagos.
Kwara State Government has banned the sale and consumption of alcohol. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, has signed into law a bill banning the sale and consumption of alcohol in certain areas of the state.
The bill known as the Prohibition Against the Production, Sale, and Consumption of Liquor in Certain Areas Law 2018, was passed by the State Assembly and signed into law by the governor.
The Government of Zimbabwe is considering restricting the sale of alcohol to certain days, hours and to pregnant women.
The Sunday Mail, a Zimbabwe newspaper reported that the policy proposes to bar the sale of alcohol during the week, regulate the number of hours to sell the products and provide guidelines on the consumption of alcohol during special events like parties and weddings on the basis of the venue in which they are held.
Indonesia’s hardline Islamist political parties have proposed a bill to parliament that will ban alcohol sale and consumption in the southeast Asia archipelago.
The United Development Party (PPP) and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) are some of the parties behind the push to ban the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol in the country. They say they are not doing it for religious or ideological reasons, but purely to protect the life of Indonesian children.
