16/05/2023
The National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR), a non-governmental organisations, has urged the Federal Government to increase the taxation on sugar beverages from N10 to N30. Mr Edozie Chukwuma, representative of the coalition,made the call on Monday during a sit-out in Abuja to discourage consumption. Eaglenewsweb reports that the federal government in 2021 introduced a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) tax. Eaglenewsweb reports that is is embedded in the Finance Act of 2021, which levies a ₦10 tax on each litre of all non-alcoholic and sugar sweetened carbonated drinks....
The National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR), a non-governmental organisations, has urged the Federal Government to increase the taxation on sugar beverages from N10 to N30. Mr Edozie Chukwuma, re…