The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has canvassed an international probe into the killings and maiming of harmless #EndSARS protesters in the country. Reacting to the Lekki Tollgate shootings of October 20, 2020, and similar incidents across the country that led to several deaths, CAPPA said the situation was deplorable and required urgent intervention. A statement issued by…
Demand an international inquiry into the Nigerian government’s mass killing of people in Lagos To Demand Justice and Lend your voice against the condemnable chain of events that took place in Nigeria on October 20 2020, detailing the use of brutal force on peaceful #EndSARS protesters by the military allegedly deployed by the Nigerian government and leaving mass casualties, kindly…
Health experts and stakeholders in the food and agriculture sub-sector together with Civil Society groups have stressed the need and importance of increasing access to healthy and nutritious food for all, including food that is free of toxic chemicals such as trans fatty acids (also referred to as Trans Fats for short). Dr Jerome O Mafeni of Network for Health…
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called for an international inquiry into the reprehensible killing and maiming of harmless #EndSARS protesters by the Nigerian government. CAPPA was reacting to the Lekki toll gate shootings on Tuesday October 20, 2020 and similar incidents across the country that led to yet to be ascertained number of deaths. It condemned…
From L-R: CAPPA director of programmes, Philip Jakpor, Project Adviser on TFA Elimination, Dr Jerome Mafeni, and CAPPA Program Manager, Adie Vanessa at the briefing to mark World Food Day on Friday October 16, 2020.
The Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED) and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have urged the Nigerian government to prioritize access to safe and nutritious food for all Nigerians, especially the poor and vulnerable that are hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. NHED and CAPPA also want the Governing Council of the National Agency for Food…
A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, raised alarm over dangerous food chemicals Nigerians consume daily. The alarm was raised by the Executive Director, CAPPA, Akinbode Oluwafemi, who was represented by Director of Programmes, Philip Jakpor, at a media conference, as Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark World Food Day 2020 with…
The Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED) and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have urged the Nigerian government to prioritise access to safe and nutritious food for all Nigerians, especially the poor and vulnerable that are hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. NHED and CAPPA also want the Governing Council of the National Agency for Food…
TRANS FAT-FREE NIGERIA IS POSSIBLE! Speech by Akinbode Oluwafemi at the Press Briefing to Mark the 2020 World Food Day Gentlemen and Ladies of the Press, Thank you for honoring our invitation today as Nigeria joins the rest of the world in marking the World Food Day. To refresh our memories, the World Food Day is celebrated on 16 October…
PRESS STATEMENT Practicing journalists in Nigeria with a knack for writing good reports have been encouraged to apply for the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) Trans Fat Free Nigeria Journalism Fellowship. The fellowship focuses on ways to eliminate trans-fat from Nigeria¹s food supply chain and journalists are expected to produce investigative reports from an informed perspective and in…