Press Releases

Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), a non-governmental organization and the Kannywood movie producers have made a strong case for partnership between tobacco control advocates and movie stakeholders in northern Nigeria to checkmate the menace of smoking scenes portrayed glamorously in movies. Both organisations made the call at a press briefing in Abuja which had the Chair of Kannywood…

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/02/arrest-dehumanisation-taunting-of-lekkitollgate-protesters-bestial-military-cappa/   The arrest and taunting of youths that gathered at Lekki Tollgate to protest, seeking justice for the victims of the shootings of October 20, 2020, have been described as bestial and a reminder of the era of military dictatorship.   The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, made the analogy while reacting to the action of policemen, describing…

https://www.thenicheng.com/cappa-decries-fresh-arrest-dehumanization-of-peaceful-lekki-protesters/ By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned the forceful arrest and taunting of scores of peaceful #EndSARS protesters in Lekki, Lagos State by the Nigeria Police on Saturday February 13, 2021. It described the incident as unacceptable and demanded the protesters’ immediate and unconditional release. The arrests occurred in the morning…

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/442674-occupylekkitollgate-groups-condemn-arrest-dehumanisation-of-protesters.html Some civil society groups have said the arrest and dehumanisation of some protesters by the police at the Lekki Tollgate during #OccupyLekkiTollGate is ‘unacceptable’. PREMIUM TIMES reported how some youth were arrested while protesting against the decision of the Lagos State Judicial Panel for the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) to reopen the tollgate where soldiers opened fire on unarmed #EndSARS protesters…

The determination of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to reintroduce the National Water Bill is disrespectful to the wishes of Nigerians who have called for it to be trashed, civil society operatives have said. They made the submission on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at a Labour, CSO and Communities’ Consultation on the National Water Bill 2020 in Lagos. It…

L-R: Akinbode Oluwafemi, CAPPA Executive Director, Comrade Musa Ukpo, Acting Gen-Sec of AUPCTRE, Aderonke Ige, Associate Director, CAPPA, and Comrade Benjamin Anthony, AUPCTRE National President. The civil society groups and labour unions have appealed to the federal government of Nigeria to trash the obnoxious National Water Bill, which is before the House of Representatives currently. They said that attempts to…

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has launched the TakeApart Nigeria Report titled, “The Big Tobacco Allies – How tobacco companies use intermediaries to foster their corporate social responsibility initiatives and promote their image in Nigeria.” The report, which documents a series of instances, where tobacco multinationals use intermediaries to foster their efforts to undermine implementation of the…