The agitation for increased excise duty on Sugar Sweetened Beverages is once again troubling manufacturers in the beverage industry amidst raging global energy disruptions, writes Dike Onwuamaeze For the umpteenth time the campaign to increase the excise duty on Sugar Sweetened Beverages (USB) is rearing its head. Like a recurring decimal, the campaign is once again a subject of legislative agenda of the National Assembly. One of it arch proponents is Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA). CAPPA is urging the National Assembly to make utilise the unique opportunity of working on a bill for the amendment of the excise duty to strengthen Nigeria's weak tax on non-alcoholic, sweetened beverages and protect millions of Nigerians from preventable non-communicable dise