Day: August 10, 2025

By: Mandy Park Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has noted with concern, the recent remarks made by Mahmood Adegbite, Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources, Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, acknowledging that residents of the Lekki Peninsula are “probably drinking what I will call ‘shit water” due to contaminated boreholes. In a statement on Sunday, CAPPA noted that while the bluntness of the statement has drawn attention, it is the underlying failure it exposes that should concern all Lagosians. “The government…

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Raise Tobacco Tax to 100 Percent, Save Lives, Healthcare Costs, CAPPA Urges FG By: Mandy Park The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government to immediately increase the excise tax on tobacco products to 100 percent to save thousands of lives, and at least ₦526 billion annually from healthcare costs and productivity losses. In a statement on Thursday, CAPPA warned that the tobacco industry is continuing to aggressively target Nigerians with traditional and novel smokeless tobacco products like vapes and other e-cigarettes, despite tobacco…

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  NYSC Sets Record Straight on Withheld Certificate By Mandy Park The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has dismissed viral claims that it withheld the Certificate of National Service (CNS) of corps member Ushie Rita Uguamaye — state code LA/24B/8325 — because she made critical remarks about President BolaTinubu’s administration back in March. In a statement on Sunday shared on its official social media page, the NYSC described the allegations as “entirely unfounded and false in their entirety”, clarifying that the decision was based on “valid disciplinary reasons” rather than…

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