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 […]
World Heart Day: Adopt Healthy Food Policies, CAPPA Tasks FG, States
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 […]
Investigating the Death of Four Bauchi Water Workers
On the morning of Sunday, April 20, 2025, four men walked into the Gubi Water Treatment Plant and never returned alive. They were employees of the Bauchi State Urban Water and Sewerage Corporation, men whose daily labour kept water flowing from the Gubi Dam — the state’s largest reservoir — into many homes. By the […]
Lagos ‘Shit Water’ Boreholes, Evidence of Government Failure, Says 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, acknowledging that residents of the Lekki Peninsula are “probably drinking what I will call ‘shit water” due to contaminated boreholes. In a statement on Sunday, CAPPA noted that […]
Raise Tobacco Tax to 100 Percent, Save Lives, Healthcare Costs
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government to immediately increase the excise tax on tobacco products to 100 percent to save thousands of lives, and at least ₦526 billion annually from healthcare costs and productivity losses. In a statement on Tuesday, CAPPA warned that the tobacco industry is continuing […]
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CAPPA’s Boot Camp Rallies Youth for Food Justice
Against the backdrop of the rolling hills and serene environment of the Ikogosi Warm Springs resort in Ekiti, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) held a first-of-its-kind youth boot camp on food justice from August 24 to 29. Supported by the Global Health Advocacy Incubator, the five-day gathering brought together 52 carefully selected participants […]
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CAPPA Commends FG Health Tax Policy, Renews Call for Higher Sugary Drinks Excise Duty
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the Federal Government’s decision to develop a draft policy that will earmark revenues from excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) for health financing. It described the initiative as a decisive opportunity for the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration to leave a legacy […]
CAPPA National Youth Bootcamp on Food Justice Begins in Ekiti
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) is set to open its Youth Bootcamp for Food Justice 2025 on Sunday, August 24, at the Ikogosi Warm Springs Resort in Ekiti State. The week-long programme, organised in partnership with the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), will run until August 29 and will draw young Nigerians […]
CAPPA Faults Lagos PPP Water Plans, Maintains Stand Against Water Privatisation
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned the Lagos State Government’s decision to privatise water supply through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme, calling the process anti-people and a betrayal of residents’ right to safe, affordable, and publicly-managed water. In a statement issued on Wednesday, CAPPA dismissed a two-day advocacy workshop convened last […]
