CAPPA – Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa

Category: Tobacco

NTCA, CAPPA Renew Call for Improved Tobacco Control Fund Budget

At a joint press conference in Abuja on March 25, 2025, the Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) renewed their call on the Federal Government to significantly increase the Tobacco Control Fund (TCF) beyond the N13 million allocated to it in the national budget for 2025, in the […]

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FCTC Anniversary: CAPPA Tasks Govt On Enforcement Of Tobacco Control Laws

As the world marks the 20th anniversary of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (WHO) (FCCTC), Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the Nigerian government to escalate enforcement of the National Tobacco Control Act (NTCA), the National Tobacco Control Regulations, as well as the Regulation prohibiting promotion and glamourisation […]

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CAPPA Calls for Stricter Enforcement of Nigeria’s Tobacco Control Laws

TOBACCO CONSUMPTION in Nigeria remains a major public health concern, with weak enforcement of existing laws allowing the industry to target vulnerable populations. Despite the establishment of the National Tobacco Control Act (NTCA) and accompanying regulations, tobacco-related illnesses continue to claim thousands of lives annually, with younger demographics increasingly exposed to harmful, unregulated nicotine products. […]

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FCTC Anniversary: CAPPA Urges Govt to Escalate Enforcement of Tobacco Control Laws

As the world marks the 20th anniversary of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (WHO) (FCCTC), Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the Nigerian government to escalate enforcement of the National Tobacco Control Act (NTCA), the National Tobacco Control Regulations, as well as the Regulation prohibiting promotion and glamourisation […]

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Increase Tobacco Control Budget To N300m, CAPPA Urges NASS

As the National Assembly continues its review of the N49.7 trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill presented by President Bola Tinubu on December 18, 2024, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Senate and House of Representatives to raise the budgetary allocation for Tobacco Control in the 2025 National Budget from the current […]

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CAPPA Submits Memorandum on the Amendment of Nigeria’s Tobacco Control Law

At a public hearing convened by the House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services on November 22, 2024, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) delivered a presentation that interrogated two proposed amendment Bills to the National Tobacco Control Act (NTCA), 2015. In our submission, we argued the need for any such review to prioritise […]

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Balancing Creativity and Responsibility

At the fourth edition of the Peace Anyiam-Osigwe Nigeria Digital Content Regulation Conference 2024, organised by the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) between November 14 – 15, 2024, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) contributed to a panel session titled “Filmmakers Content Creators Assembly: Balancing Creativity and Responsibility.” Speaking during the panel […]

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Why film industry must prioritise smoke-free Nollywood — CAPPA

LAGOS — The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, has urged the country’s regulators as well as the film and cinema industry to protect the next generation of Nigerians from the predatory tactics of the tobacco industry by sustaining the #SmokeFreeNollywood campaign. CAPPA’s Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi, said the tobacco industry had a track […]

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NFVCB’s new film regulations meant to enhance creativity, protect youths

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) of Nigeria has introduced new regulations aimed at curbing the glamorisation of smoking, tobacco products, and money rituals in Nollywood films. These regulations, according to NFVCB’s Executive Director Dr. Shaibu Husseini, are designed to protect young, impressionable audiences without stifling artistic creativity in the entertainment industry.  Addressing editors […]

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Regulation of smoking, rituals in movies, not meant to stifle creativity, NFVCB DG declares

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) Director General, Dr. Shaibu Husseini, has said the new regulation on smoking, tobacco products money rituals, and ritual killings in movies will not stifle artistic creativity in the entertainment industry. Speaking in Lagos on Sunday, June 3, 2024, at a parley with editors and other senior journalists, […]

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