 And as parts of measures aimed at improving public knowledge on the dangers of high consumption of salt, corporate accountability and public participation, Africa Kappa is called on the media to be at the front burner of the reduction campaign. And this is in the long run will help in tackling non-communicable diseases and entities in Nigeria. Executive Director of Kappa, Akimbode Uluwafemi, made these calls during a journalism training on salt reduction, which held in Lagos. Plus to the correspondent, Lavi Kokoyedokun, who was at the training, brings us details in this report. Seated are selected journalists from media houses in Lagos state. They are here to learn, unlearn and relearn to be more knowledgeable about the dangers posed by excessive intake of salt. In his presentation, the Executive Director of Kappa, Akimbode Uluwafemi says this trend is a leading cause of hypertension, accounting for 12 percent of deaths in Nigeria. The problem is no other than the fact that non-communicable diseases are on the rise in Nigeria. Certainly, if you do visit the digital media, social media, traditional media like myself, you recently observed a trend of crowdfunding for people with ailments related to NCDs. And so these life-long diseases are still in the face and people now do crowdfunding. A lot of them do end up in fatalities. Delivering a lecture titled Salt Consumption in Nigeria and the Need for Policy Intervention. A health care consultant, Dr. Jerome Maffeni highlighted the alarming statistics that Nigerians are consuming twice the recommended salt intake by the World Health Organization, WHO. He attributed this trend to dietary habits, cultural preferences and the prevalence of processed and packaged foods. We go to the market to see salted or salted, we don't mind the salted but it tastes better. Salted cheese, endomis, all the noodles, there are so many brands, right? Pringles, all those potato flakes, they're not there. Your pizzas, deep breads, the breads all have salt because all your canned foods, whether ice, canned whatever, don't have plenty of salt. Presenting findings of a survey on salt consumption in Nigeria, Assistant Project Manager Kapaa Vanisa Alpha called for more education of these subjects in schools' curriculum. Medical experts have called ahead to say that high salt intake is linked to kidney malfunction, kidney failure, is linked to heart disease, is linked to some kind of dementia, it has been linked to osteoporosis, that's osteoarthritis and a whole lot of sicknesses and diseases that you may not have heard about. In Nigeria today, there's hardly a household you'd come across without one person or two leaving with hypertension. First training was not one-sided. Journalists had the opportunity to ask questions for more clarifications on some issues. The advocacy going on, how far has it been able to impress its awful players on the policymaker to make it, to make the regulation being enforced? I'm trying to wonder, because I know, we're impressed with the thought that lack of salt because it's ongoing now. So how do you know that you reduced enough? But when you go to the hospital, they tell you if it is possible and you get salt completely from your food. So I'm kind of confused. Wish I should bring that home. Earlier, Oluwa Family reiterated Kapa'a's commitment to advocating relevant legislation to safeguard Nigeria's health. Love Ikuku Uyedokun. Plus TV news.