Public Health: CAPPA Backs NAFDAC as Stakeholders Commit to Sodium Reduction Regulations

NAFDAC DG, Adeyeye

By KEMI KAYODE

Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has reiterated its support for the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)’s ongoing development of regulations aimed at protecting public health, as stakeholders rally behind sodium reduction policies.

Akinbode Oluwafemi, CAPPA’s Executive Director, gave the assurance during a stakeholders’ engagement on proposed regulations to reduce sodium in pre-packaged foods. He congratulated NAFDAC’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on the successes recorded under her leadership, adding that CAPPA would continue to support the agency’s public health mandate.

The one-day engagement, held in Lagos on Wednesday, April 1, 2026,, brought together key stakeholders and was convened by NAFDAC in collaboration with the Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED).

“We are delighted to be here today, and all I can say to you, Madam DG, is congratulations,” Oluwafemi said. “I want to assure you of our commitment to advocacy that strengthens public health. We stand with NAFDAC and will continue to do so as you take difficult but necessary decisions to protect the health of Nigerians.”

In her welcome address, Prof. Adeyeye said the engagement underscored the agency’s shared commitment with stakeholders to safeguarding public health and strengthening Nigeria’s food regulatory framework.

“As you are aware, diet-related non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and stroke are on the rise globally and within Nigeria,” she said. “Excessive sodium intake has been identified as one of the leading dietary risk factors contributing to these conditions.”