FCCPC CEO, SON DG, others to grace 7th consumer protection conference

Omeiza Bilal

The continuous need for transparency in service and product in Nigeria is an ongoing clamour across the country as consumers continue to grapple with poor services and substandard products.

And as part of activities to mark the World Consumer Rights Day 2025, Save the Consumers Initiative (SCI) is bringing together stakeholders to chart a way forward for transparent dealing through open terms and conditions of product and services that consumers can interpret before embarking on service.

The World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated on the 15th of March annually.

Also, the conference with the theme: “Transparency, responsible consumption”, ais geared towards raising awareness on consumer rights, protection, and empowerment.

In a statement signed by Executive Director Save the Consumers Initiative, Aliyu Ilias, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Vice Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC)Tunji Bello, is expected be the keynote paper presenter, while the Director General of the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke, will be special guest alongside Director-General of National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Moji Adeyeye.

The event, to be held on March 14, 2025, Novare Mall Wuse zone 6, beside PDP Secretariat, “is part of Save the Consumers Initiative’s effort to expand the frontiers of the fight against fake and substandard products that is doing enormous damage to Nigerian consumers who are constantly at the receiving end of bad services and consumption of substandard products.

“The conference will present an opportunity for regulatory bodies in the country to explain their level of mediation between the users of services, product and the producer of goods and services.

“A case in hand is the fake pharmaceutical product among other substandard products Nigeria consume daily, there is the need to put a stop to it and it is a collective responsibility.

“The consumer should also endeavour to consumer responsibly by double checking the authenticity of product and services through the regulatory bodies. There must be a window of effective communication between the consumers and regulatory bodies in Nigeria. Nigeria must be informed adequately on the standards and qualities of goods and services in Nigeria.” Ilias said.