Water Day: Activists reiterate opposition to water privatisation in Africa
On the 2022 World Water Day observed on Tuesday, March 22, civil society, labour and community activists under the auspices of Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) have described the attempt of water privatisers to commodify water in Africa as the singular biggest impediment to universal access on the continent. The OWORAC is made […]
Not for sale: Africans reiterate opposition to water privatisation
On the occasion of the 2022 World Water Day, civil society, labour and community activists under the auspices of Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) have described the vicious attempt of water privatisers to commodify water in Africa, as the singular biggest impediment to universal access on the continent. The OWORAC is made up […]
World Water Day: Groups Reiterate Opposition To Water Privatization
Groups under the aegis of Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) have described privatization as the biggest impediment to universal access to potable water on the continent of Africa. The coalition which is made up of activists from Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda who are working to push back against […]
Africa is not for Sale: Africans reiterate opposition to Water Privatization
By Jeorge Wilson Kingson The OWORAC is made up of activists from Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda amongst other African countries with deep threats of privatisation working collaboratively to push back against this new form of colonialism. On the occasion of the 2022 World Water Day, civil society, labour and community […]
Government urged on improved health services
THE government has been urged to ensure that a publicly funded healthcare service is available to all irrespective of their social and economic status. Speaking at the launch of a ‘Report on the Failure of Commercialized Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria,” the Executive Director, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, (CAPPA), Akinbode Oluwafemi […]
Groups advocate speedy enforcement of tobacco graphic health warning policy
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance on Wednesday called on the Federal Ministry of Health, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria and all relevant law enforcement agencies in the country to support the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) in speedily enforcing the graphic health warnings policy […]
Group tasks FG on enforcement of graphic warnings on tobacco
A non-governmental organisation, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, has called on the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and all relevant regulatory bodies to enforce the use of graphic health warnings on tobacco products. The group, which focuses on accountability in the health sector, stated this at a press briefing held on Wednesday in […]
CSOs urge FG to intensify enforcement of graphic health warning on tobacco products
Civil Society Organisations have called on the federal government to intensify enforcement of graphic health warning on tobacco products. Speaking yesterday at a press briefing in Abuja, Akinbode Oluwafemi, Executive Director, of Corporate Accountability & PublicParticipation Africa (CAPPA), said the policy indicated that graphic health warnings must henceforth be on the packs of tobacco products […]
CAPPA Tasks Health Ministry, Law Enforcement Agencies On Tobacco Graphic Warning Enforcement
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) on Wednesday called on the Health Ministry, and all relevant law enforcement agencies in the country to intensify enforcement of graphic health warnings on tobacco products. The group said recent research carried out by Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance revealed that the level of non-compliance is high with 95 […]
Tobacco: Group asks FG to enforce graphic health warning policy
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), a non-governmental organisation, has asked the federal government to implement the graphic health warning policy on cigarette packets sold across Nigeria. CAPPA said this on Wednesday at a briefing in Abuja. The briefing also had representatives of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free […]
