{"id":31546,"date":"2022-06-24T08:26:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T08:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=31546"},"modified":"2022-06-24T08:26:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T08:26:27","slug":"fg-begins-taxation-on-sugar-sweetened-beverages-to-reduce-ncds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/06\/24\/fg-begins-taxation-on-sugar-sweetened-beverages-to-reduce-ncds\/","title":{"rendered":"FG begins taxation on sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce NCDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\" aria-label=\"Content\">\n<p class=\"entry-title\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/06\/07\/obasa-wins-pdp-ticket-for-ojo-federal-constituency\/\"><strong>Federal Government<\/strong><\/a> says it has started the implementation of the N10 taxation per litre of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) to reduce the incidences of Non-communicable Diseases.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mr Dennis Ituma, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Department of Excise, Free Trade Zone and Industrial Incentives, made this known in an interactive session at a Policy Breakfast Meeting in Abuja on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The meeting was organised by the National Action on Sugar Reduction to proffer ways to implement tax and other interventions to reduce SSBs consumption in the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Ituma, customs has started the implementation of taxing all companies producing SSBs since June 1st, 2022, this he said started with the sensitisation of the companies on the need for the taxation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe N10 per litre of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages has been implemented on June 1, by July 21, all excise duties must have been collected and paid into the federation account.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIt should interest you that taxation on SSBs was a policy of the Federal Government in 1984 but was stopped in January 2009.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cPreviously both SSBs, alcoholic drinks and tobacco were all taxed until 2009 when SSBs was removed from taxable beverages.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cOnly alcoholic drinks and tobacco generates N414 billion, SSBs\u00a0 will further increase the revenue generated from drinks.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On how customs would ensure that the companies were properly taxed, Ituma said the service designates resident customs officers to all factories producing SSBs who take the measurements of all daily productions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Federal Government of Nigeria approved the taxation of N10 per litre tax on SSBs on Dec. 2021.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A member of the coalition and CEO TalkHealth9ja a Public Health Physician, Dr Las Eze called for a well-defined policy framework that would support direct transfer of any money that accrues from this tax to certain health interventions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThat is an advocacy to ensure that whatever additional revenue coming from this is channelled to diseases that may be caused by excessive consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cSuch as type 2 diabetes mellitus, certain types of cancers, obesity and so many others.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAlso there has to be accountability and efficient utilisation of these resources. At these monies will be part of the consolidated revenue fund of the Federal Government, which basic health care provision fund takes not less than one per cent every year.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThere has to be further push, although the primary purpose for us in pushing this tax is not for government to make more money, it\u2019s to discourage excessive consumption of SSBs,\u201d Eze said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He, however, added that\u00a0 if there was money coming additionally from it, those resources should also go into controlling\u00a0 and helping to reduce the burden of\u00a0 health conditions that arises from SSBs,\u2019 that is our goal as a coalition.\u2019<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Also speaking at the meeting, Mr Jekeli Usman, Assistant Clark, House Committee on Healthcare Services, Federal House of Representatives, commended the coalition on the success of its advocacy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He assured the coalition that the National Assembly would all in its power to ensure that the funds when generated were judiciously used through its budget appropriation and oversight duties when the funds were finally released to healthcare agencies.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mr Musa Umar, a representative of the Federal Ministry of Finance Budget and National Planning on his part urged the coalition to engage policymakers in the implementation of the SSBs tax fund.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Umar said it was important to get those at the high level of policy-making involved in the advocacy to get their commitment to channel the funds from the tax to health issues that resulted out of the excessive consumption of SSBs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">NAN reports that excessive consumption of SSBs is a risk factor for obesity, NCDs like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer and tooth decay.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/06\/07\/world-food-safety-day-ngo-trains-450-women-on-food-hygiene\/\"><strong> World Health Organisation<\/strong><\/a> recommends a minimum of 20 per cent excise tax on SSBs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The meeting had in attendance high-level stakeholders including the Ministry of Health, Finance, National Assembly, Nigeria Customs, World Bank and NASR Coalition.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government says it has started the implementation of the N10 taxation per litre of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) to reduce the incidences of Non-communicable Diseases. 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