Nigeria has slipped further in defending public health policies against tobacco industry influence, scoring 62 out of 100 in the 2025 Tobacco Industry Interference (TII) Index, up from 60 in 2023 and placing the country 54th among 100 nations assessed.
The report, unveiled Thursday in Lagos by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), covers April 2023 to March 2025 and forms part of a global civil society initiative anchored on Article 5.3 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC).
“Nigeria’s worsening 62 confirms that industry interference remains a systemic threat to our public health architecture,” said Akinbode Oluwafemi, CAPPA executive director.