I'm a bit confused, even after the ban of this ogogoro, people are still selling? I think they should just arrested the people that sell it, or put a bounty on there head. Instructing people to call the police if they see anyone selling this ogogoro.
Rivers State Government revealed
that 28 more deaths had been recorded, following the continued
consumption of the killer local gin by unsuspecting consumers, thus
increasing the figure from 38 to 66.
The Director of Public Health in the State
Ministry of Health, Dr. Nnana Onyekwere, disclosed this in Port Harcourt
shortly after dealers in local gin, popularly known as Ogogoro or Kai–kai, met with the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr. Somieari Harry, on the burning issue in the state.
Onyekwere told newsmen that apart from the
38 deaths announced last week, health workers on the field discovered
that more people had died after consuming local gin.
He pointed out that apart from the deaths
recorded in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, more persons, who drank
the poisonous product in Bonny, Port Harcourt, Gokana and Ahoada West,
had also died.
He expressed worry that despite the
enlightenment campaigns and warning for people to stay away from local
gin, many were still consuming the product.
Explaining that the ban on sale and consumption of Ogogoro by
the state government still stands, Onyekwere added that only total
abstinence from the product could stop the increase in deaths as a
result of the killer gin.
Onyekwere advised that those who were
addicted to local gin should go for branded hot drinks, saying, “There
are affordable hot drinks that are branded and sealed. Those who cannot
do without drinking gin can go for them.”
He explained that places that were most affected were riverine areas, describing such places as high alcohol consuming areas.
Is it that they don't own a TV or what? Well cheap thing dey purge!
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