Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is the apex consumer protection agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria established to promote and protect consumers’ interests. According to the CPC, it would achieve success ‘when Nigerian consumers can be described as well protected, getting their money’s worth, knowledgeable about the market place and its mechanisms, vigilant about what takes place in it, assertive about their rights and conscious of their responsibilities’. Its core activities are: to inform consumers; to eliminate hazardous products from the market and ensure that products and services comply with required standards and to receive, mediate and provide redress to consumer complaints.