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 […]
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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 […]
Nigeria’s Technical Working Group on FOPL Begins Work
The inaugural workshop of Nigeria’s National Technical Working Group on Front-of-Pack Labelling (NTWG–FOPL) was held from July 16 to 17, 2025, at Wetland Hotels in Wuye, Abuja. Convened by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMHSW), the workshop brought together legal and technical experts, representatives of key ministries and regulatory agencies, civil society […]
SSB Tax: CAPPA Rebuts Industry Misinformation
The advocacy for an effective Sugar Sweetened Beverage (SSB) tax in Nigeria is gaining more momentum following a media roundtable organised by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) in Abuja on July 8, 2025. Featuring over 70 physical and virtual participants, including medical, economic and nutrition professionals and over 40 health journalists from […]
Sugary Drinks: CAPPA Trains South-East Journalists on SSB Tax, Industry Interference
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has trained journalists in the South-East zone on the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB) Tax and Interference by the sugary drinks industry. Featuring no fewer than 43 participants including 25 health correspondents and editors from leading media organisations in Enugu, Anambra, Imo, Abia and Ebonyi, the training was organised by […]
CAPPA Trains Journalists On Devastating Health Impacts Of Sugary Beverages
*Urges Advocacy Of Higher Tax Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has trained journalists from the South-East zone on the need for Federal Government (FG) to raise sugar-sweetened beverage tax, urging them to inform and educate the public on the devastating health impact of sugary drinks on Nigerians’ economic future. Executive Director of CAPPA, […]
Nigeria exposes citizens to health risks, loses N200bn annually over ineffective SSB tax – CAPPA
CAPPA said the unrealised revenue could fund essential public services, including the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, the National Health Insurance Authority, and school feeding programmes. Nigeria is losing over N200 billion annually due to poor implementation of its Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) tax, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has said, warning of the […]
WHO Urges Nigeria: Raise Prices On Sugary Drinks, Alcohol, Tobacco By 50% To Save Lives
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised Nigeria and other member countries to raise the prices of sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50 per cent through taxation over the next 10 years, to help curb rising non-communicable diseases (WHO). In a statement published on its website, the United Nations (UN) health agency expressed confidence that […]
Nigeria’s food safety at risk: CAPPA sounds alarm on ultra-processed foods
Nigeria’s food safety at risk: CAPPA sounds alarm on ultra-processed foods On World Food Safety Day 2025, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on governments at all levels to implement policies that promote healthy, indigenous diets and discourage the widespread availability and consumption of ultra-processed foods (UFPs), which are linked to Nigeria’s rising […]
