CAPPA, stakeholders call for sustainable climate finance for Nigeria
Worried by the challenges posed by climate change in the country and the world at large, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), organised 2nd national conference on climate change in Abuja, to jaw jaw on the need for sustainable climate finance for Nigeria. Speaking on what necessitated the event tagged; “Creating Agenda for Sustainable […]
Review existing policies, legal frameworks on climate change, CAPPA tells FG
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), Monday, called for a review of existing climate change policies and legal frameworks that prioritise foreign interests over domestic concerns and hinder the progress of pro-people climate finance initiatives. The executive director of CAPPA, Akinbode Oluwafemi ,said this became necessary because Nigeria, like every other country in sub-Saharan […]
Grim Prospects For Nigerian Farmers Between Killer-tobacco And Food Cultivation
As smokers often face a life-long battle to stop tobacco addiction, farmers planting the leaf used in producing the deadly sticks also find it difficult to see a future outside tobacco cultivation. “Many of us in this community inherited tobacco farming from our fathers and it has become our major source of livelihood,” a 45-year-old […]
At CAPPA’s symposium, stakeholders trash Tinubu’s student loan scheme as unworkable
Stakeholders in the education sector have described the Student Loan Scheme recently signed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as an unworkable piece of legislation that should be scrapped. They made the comment at a forum organized by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) in Lagos, Friday. Recall that on June 12, less […]
Why CAPPA trains Journalists on SSBs Tax reporting
In its determination to ensure that Nigerians don’t suffer from Sugar Sweetened Beverages(SSBs) related complications, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) recently trained Journalists in Abuja to improve their capacity so as to ensure proper media advocacy on the challenges of SSBs. At the two-day training on Sugar Sweetened Beverages(SSBs) Tax and Industry […]
June 12: CAPPA urges Tinubu to protect citizens’ democratic rights
As Nigeria marks the 30th anniversary of the annulment of the June 12, 1993, Presidential elections, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has charged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure that his administration works to protect and defend citizens’ democratic rights. The group in a statement issued over the weekend by its Policy and […]
2023 Elections a combination of progress, regrettable shortcomings — CAPPA report
Three days to the inauguration if the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29, the 2023 general elections, in which he won the presidential contest, have been described as a combination of significant progress and regrettable shortcomings. The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, gave the verdict at the media presentation of its report on […]
Nigeria faces major public health challenges over SSBs consumption, experts warn
Health experts have cautioned the populace on the excessive consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), noting that Nigeria currently tops the list of countries at the largest risk level in Africa. They, therefore, called for increase in SSB tax on all non-alcoholic, sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages so as to discourage or reduce its consumption. Corporate Accountability and Public […]
Forum seeks upward review of SSB Tax to 20%
A forum of stakeholders has called on the Federal Government to raise the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, SSB, Tax to 20% as recommended by the World Health Organisation, WHO; promote healthier alternatives to SSBs, and ensure periodic review of the tax indexed on inflation. The forum also noted that excessive consumption of SSBs is associated noncommunicable diseases, […]
How privatisation threatens access to water in Nigeria – CSO
Executive Director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, Akinbode Oluwafemi, has called on the government, relevant authorities and stakeholders in the water industry, to push efforts towards making water available through public ownership. According to the director, privatisation of water in Nigeria is a threat at all levels. He observed that “for four consecutive […]
