Akinbode Oluwafemi, executive director, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), says noncommunicable diseases currently account for about 30 per cent of all deaths annually in Nigeria.
He stated that the ultra-processed food industry is contributing to the crisis, as food corporations are using sophisticated web of marketing strategies to lure Nigerians-especially children and young adults-into consuming foods that is damaging their health.
Speaking during a two-day ‘Journalism Training on Sugar -Sweetened Beverage Tax in Nigeria’ organised by CAPPA, which opened in Kano, Monday, Oluwafemi, noted that the actions of the Food Corporations are undermining public health policies, and costing the Nigerian healthcare system billions.