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SS3 Commerce

Consumer Protection

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.