Salt Awareness Week: CAPPA urges Fed Govt to accelerate salt reduction targets regulation
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government to accelerate the formulation of regulations for enforcing salt targets in processed and packaged foods, critical to checkmating the country’s growing prevalence of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and kidney failure. In a statement to mark World Salt Awareness Week 2025, the nongovernmental […]
How corporations hook Nigerians on unhealthy foods, increase NCDs — Report
A new report has exposed how food corporations use a sophisticated web of marketing strategies to lure Nigerians—especially children and young adults—into consuming ultra-processed foods that damage their health, undermine public health policies, and cost the Nigerian healthcare system billions. The report, Junk on Our Plates: Exposing Deceptive Marketing of Unhealthy Foods Across Seven States in Nigeria, was […]
Compel manufacturers to disclose sugar, salt content in food, beverage, CAPPA tells FG
The Federal Government has been asked to compel food and beverage manufacturers to disclose the quantity of salt and sugar in their products, to check the rising cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular conditions linked to their excessive consumption. Mr. Akinbode Oluwafemi, pan-African non-governmental organisation, NGO, Corporate Accountability and Public […]
Wanted: Blueprint For Nigeria’s Waste Management Crisis
By Ogunlade Olamide and Esi-Ife Arogundade The fantasy that natural resources are inexhaustible and are always renewable, despite the overwhelming amount of waste generated has been dispelled by the alarming decline of our environmental health. The global waste crisis is staggering. Annually, it is on record that more than 2 billion tons of municipal solid […]
Zimbabwe Roundtable on Water Justice
On Thursday, April 3, 2025, the Our Water, Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) convened the Zimbabwe Roundtable on Water Justice, a strategic solidarity meeting in response to a recent policy shift by the Zimbabwean government to privatise essential public services, with water supply as a primary target. The roundtable brought together a mix of civil […]
May Day 2025: CAPPA Urges FG, State Governments to Prioritise Workers Welfare, Demands Implementation of a Living Wage
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has saluted Nigerian workers on the occasion of this year’s International Workers Day, while also calling on government across all levels to implement a living wage as a necessary step to prioritise workers welfare. CAPPA, in a statement, noted that workers are the backbone of the Nigerian […]
May Day 2025: CAPPA Urges FG, States to Prioritise Workers’ Welfare, Demands Implementation of Living Wage
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has saluted Nigerian workers on the occasion of this year’s International Workers Day, while also calling on government across all levels to implement a living wage as a necessary step to prioritise workers welfare. CAPPA, in a statement, noted that workers are the backbone of the Nigerian […]
Africa Make Big Polluters Pay trains journalists on Climate Change Reporting
The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay Coalition has wrapped up a two-day training for journalists across the continent on climate change reporting, with a call for sustained coverage of the climate crisis from an Afrocentric perspective. The coalition also renewed its call for just climate reparations for Africa and the Global South, which bear the […]
INTERVIEW: Why Lagos water crisis is looming public health emergency- Environment expert
The water crisis in Lagos is a pressing issue, with the city needing over 700 million gallons of water daily but currently producing less than 200 million gallons.
Nigerian Children at Risk from Junk Food Marketing
Across Nigeria, from the bustling streets of Lagos to the quiet neighbourhoods of Enugu and the vibrant markets of Kano, ultra-processed food (UPF) companies are saturating the country with flashy adverts for sugary drinks, snacks and products targeted at children. These items are everywhere—in schools, churches, and on social media—and they are cheap. Yet behind […]
