Overview
Explain the need to protect consumers;
Explain consumerism;
List the instruments for protection;
List the organs or agencies responsible for consumer protection.
What you'll learn
- Need for protection.
- Consumer rights
- Consumerism
- Instruments for protection e.g. legislations such as:Trade Description Act of 1968; Sale of Goods Act of 1979; Standard Organization of Nigeria; National Agency for Foods and Drug Administration (NAFDAC); Rent tribunals; Sanitary inspection; Environmental protection Agencies Consumers' Associations; Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN); Consumer Protection Agency; Professional bodies like ICAN, ANAN, NBA, NMA,NSE, etc.