The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) and the European Union (EU) have commenced plans to jointly address issues of consumer abuse and exploitation in Nigeria. The need for collaboration is in line with CPC’s ongoing efforts to develop globally acceptable standard guidelines for businesses in Nigeria and protect consumers’ rights across all sectors
. While receiving the ambassador of the delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Michel Arrion, in her office on Wednesday, the director-general, CPC, Dupe Atoki, said there must be adequate focus on protecting the demand side of trade (consumers), without which there would be serious trade imbalance. Atoki said, “I am aware that the Nigerian EU partnership is committed to supporting Nigeria’s efforts in promoting trade, competition and consumer protection.
The National Quality Infrastructure Project for Nigeria, which is entirely funded by the EU, attests to this commitment. While the EU promotes trade and competition as one of the most effective ways to boost development, CPC is equally focused on protecting the demand side of trade (consumers), without which there will be a serious trade imbalance.”
