The Ekiti State Government has partnered with the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa to strengthen tobacco control advocacy and tackle the growing use of tobacco and nicotine products among residents, particularly young people.
Speaking at a stakeholders’ engagement held in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, to commemorate the 2026 World No Tobacco Day, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Human Services, Sola Gbenga-Igotun, expressed concern over the increasing exposure of children and youths to tobacco and emerging nicotine products.
The event, themed “Unmasking the Appeal: Countering Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction,” was organised by the ministry in collaboration with CAPPA.
Gbenga-Igotun described tobacco and nicotine use as a serious threat to public health and called on stakeholders to intensify efforts to curb the trend.
“It is destroying our future. We must all become advocates and speak out against it. This is happening around us and affecting our young people. We
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