Sugar tax’ll worsen manufacturers’ plight — CPPE

Vanguardngr | 27-01-2026 10:36pm |

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has warned that renewed calls for a sugar tax on non-alcoholic beverages could hurt Nigeria’s manufacturing sector, threaten jobs and slow the country’s fragile economic recovery. In a statement, CEO, CPPE, Muda Yusuf, said while public health concerns such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases deserve attention, imposing

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