CSEA Participates in the Nigeria 2025 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) Report Validation Workshop

CSEA's Director of Research, Dr. Adedeji Adediran; TCDI Program Manager, Tochukwu Okereke; Development Gateway’s Engagement and Partnership Expert,  Seember Ali; and TCDI Nigeria Project Manager, Halimat Abdulrazaq, participated in the Nigeria 2025 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) Report Validation Workshop, held from 3 to7 August 2026 in Keffi, Nasarawa State. 

The workshop brought together key experts and stakeholders from the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, World Health Organization, National Bureau of Statistics, and civil society organizations working in the tobacco control space. Participants  undertook a collaborative technical review and validation of the draft GATS 2025 report with a focus on  ensuring  the findings  were accurate, complete, consistent, and policy-relevant ahead of its publication and dissemination.

The meeting also  provided an opportunity to compare the 2025 findings with results from the 2012 GATS,   helping stakeholders  assess progress, identify emerging trends, and examine persistent  challenges in tobacco control in Nigeria. For CSEA, the engagement aligns closely with its work under the Tobacco Control Data Initiative (TCDI), , particularly its efforts to  strengthen the use of  evidence in tobacco control and support  the translation and consolidation of data into accessible and policy-relevant knowledge products.