Month: April 2024

Mandy Park Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), a non governmental organization, has urged the government to implement well thought-out policies and programmes that would safeguard the health and wellness of Nigerians. The service-oriented organization that focuses on public health advocacy, environment and social justice among other issues, marked the 2024 World Health Day with a webinar where it recommended action plans for the government towards improving the wellbeing of Nigerians. CAPPA noted that Nigerians have the right to health and health options, including health equity. The World Health…

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Mandy Park Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), a civil society organization, has raised the alarm on dangers associated with the consumption of excess salt by Nigerians. This is as ÇAPPÀ revealed that Nigerians were dying steadily through ailments incured over time due to excess consumption of salt / sodium. CAPPA also called for a legislation to reverse the dangerous trend, lamenting that Nigeria currently records an estimated daily salt consumption reaching up to 5.8 grams per day, which exceeds the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommended limit of two…

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By Mandy Park A 15-member transition committee has been appointed for the Igbo socio-economic and political organization, Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF).The appointment of the transition committee follows the dissolution of all organs of ADF by the ADF Congress, which is the supreme authority of the Igbo group. According to a communique signed on behalf of ADF Congress by its chairman, Emeritus Prof T. Uzodinma Nwala, and two other members including Arch Eric Eyutchae and Mazi Joel Ogbonna, the 15-member transitional committee would organise election within the period to fill the…

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