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3 Mar
The N10 per litre tax on Sugar-sweetened Beverages (SSBs) by the Federal Government is grossly inadequate, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has said.
6 Feb
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged governments in Nigeria to address tobacco use and the excessive consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) and salt, which are high-risk factors behind cancer.
19 Jan
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government to prevent Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) from selling its onshore oil business without addressing its historical environmental damages in Nigeria.
23 Dec
Ahead of the the Christmas and New Year celebration, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has warned Nigerians against the indiscriminate consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSB). CAPPA 's Executive Director, Mr Akinbode Oluwafemi at a press conference in Abuja reiterated the call for an upward review of the SSB tax from N10…
19 Dec
Ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebration, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has warned Nigerians against increased intake of salt in their food.
2 Dec
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on Federal Government to extend the planned probe of tax waivers, grants and other insidious benefits unduly awarded to corporations by past governments to include the Export Expansion Grant (EEG) awarded to tobacco companies. 
23 Nov
Corporate Accountability and Policy Participation Africa (CAPPA) has decried the country’s slide from 53 to 60 in tobacco interference ranking. Its Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi, who spoke at the launch of the group’s report entitled, ‘Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023’ in Lagos, observed that tobacco companies were subtly selling their ‘poisonous’ products through Corporate Social Responsibility…
27 Oct
As of 2020, there were more than 21 million overweight and 12 million obese persons in the Nigerian population aged 15 years or more, accounting for an age-adjusted prevalence of about 20% and 12% respectively.
11 Oct
Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) and activists from around the globe have called on African leaders to forget their plans of privatising water resources on the continent.
21 Sep 2023
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has faulted the hike in fee of public universities. 
24 Aug 2023
For the wellbeing of Nigerians, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has demanded imposition of 25 per cent tax on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs).
23 Aug 2023
In a bid to ensure the wellbeing of the citizenry, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has demanded the imposition of 20 percent tax on sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) in the country. CAPPA''s executive Director, CAPPA Akinbode Oluwafemi at a press conference in Abuja argued that tax remains an effective tool in reducing…

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