World Food Day: CAPPA Warns Against Corporate Capture of Nigeria’s Food System
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Food Day 2025, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has raised concern over the growing dominance of ultra-processed foods in the country’s food system, warning that weak regulation and unchecked corporate influence are endangering public health. In a statement signed by CAPPA’s […]
CSOs reject water privatisation, seek investment to tackle climate crisis
Civil society organisations across Africa, under the platform of the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) have kicked against corporate takeover of public water systems and demanded governments invest in publicly owned, climate-resilient water infrastructure. The CSOs made the demand at the kick-off of the 5th Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation. The […]
When Beverage Companies Pretend to Save the Planet
The sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) industry loves a good photograph. A group of people in bright shirts gather on a beach, collecting bottles into neat bags. The picture travels online, framed as proof of corporate care for the planet. In Nigeria, these companies are often celebrated, and they never tire of vaunting about their corporate social […]
October 1: Nationhood Must Translate into Better Living Conditions for Nigerians, CAPPA Tells FG
As Nigeria clocks 65 years of nationhood on October 1, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration to ensure that the gains of self-rule are felt through programmes and policies that lift citizens out of poverty, hunger, and insecurity. In a statement to commemorate the day, the organisation said […]
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, […]
Nigeria’s health financing: Lessons From Canada’s $32.5bn tobacco settlement
Nigeria’s decision to earmark SIN taxes – levies on alcohol, tobacco, and sugary drinks – for health financing, signals a firm commitment to prioritising citizens’ health. It also aligns with long-standing calls from Nigerian public health advocates and the World Health Organisation (WHO). The move could not be timelier. Earlier this year, a major investigation revealed that Nigerians spend about N1.92 […]
Five years after masterplan expired, Lagos still in search of safe drinking water
“I Don’t know why water remains a big challenge in a state that is surrounded by large bodies of water. The last time I enjoyed public sourced potable water was in my youth. Now, we depend on private supply, even when it is not good.” These were the words of Mr. Adesoji Tajudeen, a longtime […]
Group seeks FG’s action on policies on beverages to reduce deadly diseases
The group listed the government policies as effective taxation of unhealthy products, clear front-of-pack warning labels, and sodium reduction, which he said, if implemented, could reshape Nigeria’s food environment, reduce the burden of disease, and save lives. A group, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa(CAPPA), has called for the implementation of the federal government policies […]
CAPPA Condemns Lagos PPP Water Plans, Rejects Privatisation
Lagos, Nigeria – A non-governmental organization, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has launched a scathing attack on the Lagos State Government’s push to privatise water services, labelling the process “anti-people” and a fundamental violation of residents’ rights. Cablenews24 reports that in a strongly worded statement issued Wednesday, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) denounced the […]
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 […]
