Sat. Feb 8th, 2025

From TCNEWS

As beer drinkers and sellers in Nigeria joined the rest of the countries across the globe to observe the 2024 National Beer Day, a call has gone to the government and managers of the power sector, to reconsider the recent electricity tariff hike and solve the erratic/epileptic power supply being witnessed in the country.

They also called on the stakeholders in the brew industry to meet and dialogue with the Federal and State Governments for the purpose of making the mode/methods of tax payment look friendlier, to help crash the high price of beer.

National Beer Day celebrates the entire history of wheat, barley, rye, and hops, dark or light, sour or bitter and any other magnificent drink. All of the varieties that could ever be dreamed of. and everything it has to offer to the world.

Pix: Chief Darlington Egwuonwu.


Interacting with our correspondent in his beer parlour at Isi-court, Umuahia, Abia State during the April 7, National Beer Day, a beer seller, Chief Darlington Egwuonwu, decried that the economic situation in Nigeria has deteriorated to the extent most customers can no longer afford to buy beer.

Egwuonwu who disclosed that the cheapest beer now sales at N400, while the costliest is sold at N1,000, revealed that before the economic downturn, a bottle of the cheapest beer was sold at N200 Naira while the costliest could be bought at N300.

It is also on record that Nigeria tops the list of least expensive countries to buy beer.  According to the findings, it costs £0.25 (N417 as at current black market rate) to buy a pint of beer in Africa’s largest nation.

“Things have changed and it is affecting all commodities including the beer price. Most of us believe that the removal of fuel subsidy contributed largely to this. Epileptic power supply is also affecting our business because we spend about N5,000 each day just to buy ice blocks to chill our beers else we lose our customers”, Chief Egwuonwu decried.

He passionately called on the government to review the national economy holistically, while addressing inflationary pressures across the country.

Also interacting with our correspondent, a one time Councillor-ship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA and Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA respectively for Ifem na Ogwume Avutu Obowo ward in Imo State, Mr. Zeruwa Onyeañula, who appreciated the day, moreover warned citizens against abusing the product.

Also, Chief Louis Onyema, from Umuifem-Avutu village believed that beer contributed to the hike of other goods, since it was assumed by the nation’s leaderships that since most citizens could afford a bottle of beer, which was then higher than the price of fuel and block, a rise in the price of products like cement, kerosene, fuel, even the electricity tariff would not affect the pocket of the citizens.


He insisted that no matter the price of beer, the citizens would be deterred from having a bottle of it and even buy for others.

National Beer Day is the perfect opportunity to dive in and sample the panorama of flavors and experiences it offers. It is the ideal day to find out exactly what it is that makes beer so absolutely special and one-of-a-kind.

Celebrating National Beer Day is probably one of the greatest celebrations a dedicated beer lover can have!

By NWAMARA

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