By Mashe Umaru Gwamna
In order to ensure that journalists have an in-depth knowledge of SSB tax reporting.
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), is training Abuja journalists on
policy and health issues surrounding Sugar Sweetened Beverages( SSB) tax in Nigeria
This was disclosed at a two days workshop organized for journalists on Journalism Training on SSB Tax and Industry Monitoring holding in Abuja organized by CAPPA.
In his opening remarks, Executive Director CAPPA, Akinbode Oluwafemi,explained that, “ the next two days, we would be digging deep into issues from different angles and perspectives”.
“This will improved your capacity on this specific issue, to enable us define a proper media advocacy that will not only see that the government of Nigeria increases this tax but also earmark it for public health.
“We continue to build the power of journalists to speak up on behalf of the Nigerian public”.
According to him :”Our work as journalists is not only to interrogate these ideas and policies of government but to also sniff lives out of bad narratives that are making the rounds and causing Nigerians to turn against a policy they should be supporting”, Oluwafemi stated .
He emphasized that to achieve this, we have a complement of seasoned experts in public health, journalism, and advocacy to lead us through these conversations.
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