Tag Archives: Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA)

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has described the Lagos State Government White Paper on the report of the Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters as an insult to the dead and the sensibilities of victims of the Lekki tollgate shooting which happened on 20 October 2020. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of ...

Nations that are home to the largest tobacco corporations need to contribute more if countries are to recoup the $47 billion lost to the illicit tobacco trade each year. That is the message that rang out of talks around the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, which ended on Wednesday, November 17, 2021. Illicit tobacco trade The message ...

The Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021 Report released by the Global Centre for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) reinforces Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) call on the Nigerian government to de-normalise so called corporate socially responsible activities of the tobacco industry. Tobacco smoking The Global interference index report was released on November 2 and contains findings ...

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has advised the Nigerian government to de-normalize so-called socially responsible activities of the tobacco industry and prohibit unnecessary interactions between public officials and the industry to avoid a conflict of interest. L-R: Adepeju Adeogun of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA); Akinbode Oluwafemi, CAPPA Executive Director; and Philip Jakpor, CAPPA Director of ...

The TransfatfreeNigeria coalition has urged the relevant agencies to expedite action that will lead to the gazetting of the trans-fat regulation which seeks to help reduce the rising cases of non-communicable diseases and improve food safety in the country. L-R: Dr. Jerome Mafeni,Technical Advisor of Trans-fat Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED), Dr. Obagha Chijioke of the WHO and ...

Civil society and labour activists on the platform of the “Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition” have called on African governments to reject water privatisation and demand the return of water systems seized by private corporations back to the hands of the African people to be publicly funded and equitably managed. L-R: Achike Chude, Vice Chair of Joint Action Front; Aderonke Ige, ...

Civil society and labour activists on the platform of the Our Water Our Right movement have called on the Lagos State Government to reject all forms of corporate control of water and privatisation of water services, including through so-called “public-private partnerships.” CAPPA’s Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi, addressing participants at the Lagos Ministry of Environment and Water Resources The groups include ...

Civil society and labour activists from Africa campaigning against water privatisation will hold the first ever Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation from October 11 to 15, 2021. Members of the Our Water Our Right Coalition at a town hall meeting The week of action, which coincides with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings holding from ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has been asked to discard the National Water Bill and commence a fresh community-led process and consultation to birth a fresh, water bill at the National Assembly. L-R: AUPCTRE National President, Comrade Benjamin Anthony; Sofiri Joab- Peterside, the Keynote speaker; and CAPPA Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi The central government was also told to respect the ...

What seemed like an insignificant issue in 2007 when tobacco control activists screened 10 randomly selected movies and found out that the tobacco industry has been using Nollywood to promote tobacco smoking has grown into a mega monster. Screen shot of a smoking scene in a recent edition of Big Brother Naija A new research carried out by Corporate Accountability ...