Warning Alarm: One-third of Nigerian adults have high blood pressure
As Nigeria joins the global community to mark World Heart Day 2025 tomorrow, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the federal and state governments to urgently adopt robust healthy food policies to stem the rising tide of cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country. In a statement on Sunday, […]
Lagos ‘Shit Water’ Boreholes, Evidence of Government Failure- CAPPA
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has noted with concern, the recent remarks made by Mahmood Adegbite, Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources, Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, acknowledging that residents of the Lekki Peninsula are “probably drinking what I will call ‘shit water” due to contaminated […]
SSB Tax: CAPPA Rebuts Industry Misinformation
The advocacy for an effective Sugar Sweetened Beverage (SSB) tax in Nigeria is gaining more momentum following a media roundtable organised by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) in Abuja on July 8, 2025. Featuring over 70 physical and virtual participants, including medical, economic and nutrition professionals and over 40 health journalists from […]
CAPPA Trains Journalists On Devastating Health Impacts Of Sugary Beverages
*Urges Advocacy Of Higher Tax Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has trained journalists from the South-East zone on the need for Federal Government (FG) to raise sugar-sweetened beverage tax, urging them to inform and educate the public on the devastating health impact of sugary drinks on Nigerians’ economic future. Executive Director of CAPPA, […]
Nigeria exposes citizens to health risks, loses N200bn annually over ineffective SSB tax – CAPPA
CAPPA said the unrealised revenue could fund essential public services, including the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, the National Health Insurance Authority, and school feeding programmes. Nigeria is losing over N200 billion annually due to poor implementation of its Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) tax, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has said, warning of the […]
NFVCB Presents Nigeria’s Landmark Regulation On Tobacco Promotion and Glamourisation At Global Conference In Ireland
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has once again placed Nigeria at the forefront of progressive media regulation in Africa, with its presentation at the recently concluded World Tobacco Conference held in Ireland from June 22 to 27, 2025. The Executive Director/CEO of the NFVCB Dr. Shaibu Husseini, who attended the global event, […]
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 […]
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 […]
CAPPA to FG: Boost health funding, enforce nutritious food policies
As the world marks World Health Day (WHD), Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has renewed its call on the Nigerian government to demonstrate stronger commitment to public health by prioritising adequate healthcare funding and implementing robust healthy food policies to safeguard Nigerians from diet-related health risks. This year’s WHD, themed “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures”, […]
World Obesity Day: CAPPA Renews Call For Healthy Food Policies
To commemorate World Obesity Day (WOD), Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has renewed its call for comprehensive healthy food policies to strengthen local diets and tackle the country’s rising obesity and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) burden. A statement on Tuesday, by Robert Egbe, Media & Communications Officer, CAPPA, said the civil society organisation […]
