SSB Tax: Combating Manufacturers’ Lies, Disregard for Public Health
By Opeyemi Ibitoye In a world where Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) like obesity and diabetes are on the rise, it is essential to address the root causes of these… In a world where Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) like obesity and diabetes are on the rise, it is essential to address the root causes of these health epidemics. […]
SSB Tax: Combating manufacturers’ lies and disregard for Public Health
By Opeyemi Ibitoye In a world where Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) like obesity and diabetes are on the rise, it is essential to address the root causes of these health epidemics. One issue that has gained significant attention in Nigeria in recent years is the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and the attendant health impacts they […]
Tobacco Industry Interference: Nigeria Slips in 2023 Ratings
A new report on the state of the tobacco industry interference in Nigeria has revealed a marked increase in the industry’s meddling in public health policies, in particular, tobacco control measures. Sunday Ehigiator reports Nigeria ratified the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’s (WHO FCTC) Article 5.3 guidelines on 20 October 2005, and […]
CSO Urges FG To End Tobacco Industry Interference In Nigeria’s Public Health
A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has asked the Federal Government to end the interference of the tobacco industry in public health in Nigeria. CAPPA in a new report on the state of the tobacco industry interference in Nigeria revealed a marked increase in the industry’s meddling in […]
CAPPA decries Tobacco industry’s interference in public health policy
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has frowned at what it called “the insidious interference of the tobacco industry in Nigeria’s pro-public health efforts.” Speaking at the presentation of the ‘Nigeria Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023’, on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, in Lagos, the non-governmental organization accused government officials of undermining the National […]
Nigeria slips in 2023 tobacco industry interference rating
A new report on the state of tobacco industry interference in Nigeria has revealed a marked increase in the industry’s meddling in public health policies, in particular tobacco control measures. The report produced by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies through the Centre for Good Governance shows Nigeria’s ratings […]
Making SSB Tax a National Conversation
Over 240 in-person participants and 40 virtual attendees, including public health advocates, policymakers, legislators, civil society organizations, community representatives, and media personnel, gathered at the national conference on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) tax in Abuja, Nigeria, on October 25, 2023. The hybrid event, co-organized by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the Federal Ministry […]
Excess consumption of sweetened beverages threat to future generation – FG
The Federal Government has described the excess consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) as a threat to the future generation, as the attitude is high among children and adolescents. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, said this on Wednesday at the National Conference on SSBs Tax in Abuja. Pate was represented by Chukwuma […]
Taxation Mitigates Against Effect Of SSB, As NCDs Remain Leading Cause Of Deaths In Sub-Saharan Africa – Pate
ABUJA – The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Muhammad Ali Pate, on Wednesday declared that taxation on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) has shown effective reduction on its consumption in countries where it is in force. Dr Pate, who stated that Nigeria is amongst the countries with 77 percent of the global 41 million death […]
Non-communicable diseases: Nigeria amongst countries with 77% of global 41m deaths – FG
The federal government Wednesday said Nigeria is amongst the countries with 77 percent of the global 41 million death caused by Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD). The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Muhammad Ali Pate, said this in Abuja at the just concluded National Conference on Sugar Sweetened Beverages Tax organised by the Ministry […]
