Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have joined forces to enhance consumer rights protection in Lagos through joint enforcement of both arms of government. This was revealed during a recent visit by LASCOPA’s General Manager to FCCPC headquarters in Abuja.
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| LASCOPA and FCCPC forge alliance for consumer protection. Photo: lagosstate.gov.ng |
Dr. Adamu Abdullahi, the Acting Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of FCCPC, while welcoming the General Manager of LASCOPA, Afolabi Solebo to his office, said the two agencies will soon embark on joint inspection of supermarkets, grocery stores and other trading outlets to ensure conformity with the consumer rights law.
He highlighted the necessity of collaboration to effectively safeguard the interests of Nigeria’s over 200 million consumers, particularly in the face of emerging challenges such as price gouging and other misleading practices being perpetrated on consumers.
“We have therefore agreed and planned that in the coming week, we will be coming to Lagos to have a joint enforcement, especially on issues of falsehood, misconception, and misleading practices in the formal and informal sectors of the economy”, Abdullahi stated.
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