SSB tax revenue should fund primary healthcare, screening — Senate
The SSB Tax Bill seeks to impose levies on sugary drinks as a measure to reduce excessive consumption and generate funds to support healthcare interventions amid rising cases of diabetes, hypertension and other NCDs in Nigeria.
The coalition ed the Senate to appreciate her efforts in advancing the bill through the upper chamber and to seek her support in ensuring its passage by the House of Representatives.
By John Alechenu, ABUJA The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Secondary and Tertiary Services, Senator Ipalibo Banigo, has urged the Federal Government to channel revenue from the proposed Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB) Tax to primary healthcare and screening programmes.
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