Water biz gets lucrative, generates N8bn daily

The packaged water industry in Nigeria now generates an estimated N8 billion naira daily.

This indication was given on Tuesday by the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Dr Paul Orhii, at the presentation of annual report on packaged water in Abuja.

He said it was partly for this reason, that the agency cannot afford to toy with the products from the industry, given the importance of safety of water for consumption and the increased need to continually and proactively prevent water-borne diseases,

The DG explained that the “primary objective of annual packaged water monitoring exercise was to ensure that existing packaged water producers comply strictly with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) without compromising quality and safety of consumers.

“Besides, the agency cannot afford to toy with an industry whose daily turnover is now estimated at N8 billion”, Orhii observed.

He explained that “the outcome of this exercise in the form of generated data would be considered as national data on packaged water quality parameters profiling that will be shared with relevant stakeholders.”

Orhii further expressed concern over quality testing laboratories in the country, warning that the inability of producers to adhere to best practices would compel the agency to wield the big stick.

“The agency will be left with the only option of closing down such erring factories if producers failed to subject their water to quality status profile analysis,” the DG said.

 

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