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Nigerians demand diabetes fund from sugary beverage taxes as advocacy grows

Ms Omei Bongos, the Health Communications Specialist, Gatefield Nigeria Limited, says more than 16,000 Nigerians from Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Enugu have signed a petition, urging government to subsidise diabetes treatment. She told newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja that the petition was to appeal to Federal Government to allocate revenue from Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) taxes to subsidise treatment of the disease for vulnerable…