Nigeria - 1992 - Trade, Industry, and Investment

Consumer Protection Council Act

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

An Act to provide for the establishment of the Consumer Protection Council and for matters connected therewith. The functions of the Council are to provide speedy redress to consumers’ complaints through negotiation, mediation and conciliation, seek ways and means of removing or eliminating from the market hazardous products and causing offenders to replace such products with safer and more appropriate alternatives, publish, from time to time, the list of products the consumption and sale of which have been banned, withdrawn, severally restricted or not approved by the Federal Government or foreign governments, cause an offending company, firm, trade, association or individual to protect, compensate, and provide relief and safeguards to injured consumers or communities from adverse effects of technologies that are inherently harmful, injurious, violent or highly hazardous, and organise and undertake campaigns and other forms of activities as will lead to increased public consumer awareness.

Process Flow

National Assembly

Office of the President

Contacts

Approver

Ahmad Lawan

Senate President

National Assembly

Approver

Muhammadu Buhari

President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Consumer Protection Council Act Current Version

January 2022

An Act to provide for the establishment of the Consumer Protection Council and for matters connected therewith. The functions of the Council are to provide speedy redress to consumers’ complaints through negotiation, mediation and conciliation, seek ways and means of removing or eliminating from the market hazardous products and causing offenders to replace such products with safer and more appropriate alternatives, publish, from time to time, the list of products the consumption and sale of which have been banned, withdrawn, severally restricted or not approved by the Federal Government or foreign governments, cause an offending company, firm, trade, association or individual to protect, compensate, and provide relief and safeguards to injured consumers or communities from adverse effects of technologies that are inherently harmful, injurious, violent or highly hazardous, and organise and undertake campaigns and other forms of activities as will lead to increased public consumer awareness.

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