CAPPA Inaugurates Healthy Food Policy Youth Vanguard

Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has inaugurated the Healthy Food Policy Youth Vanguard (HFPYV) programme aimed at youth-focused public health and food justice advocacy. The inauguration, held on July 2 and 3, at Dover Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos, featured the training and induction of no fewer than 28 young Nigerians from across the […]


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