The Lagos State Government has mandated supermarkets and grocery stores throughout the state to display price tags on all products, warning that failure to comply may result in the sealing of non-compliant establishments.
The warning was issued by the Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) on Saturday as a measure to enhance transparency and safeguard consumers from potential price exploitation, as contained in a statement retrieved from the Lagos State Government’s official website.

This initiative aims to prevent misunderstandings and inconvenience at the point of sale, fostering a more straightforward and consumer-friendly shopping experience.

“The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) has issued a stern warning to supermarkets and grocery stores within the state regarding the non-disclosure of price tags on products.

“LASCOPA’s warning aims to ensure transparency and protect consumers from potential price exploitation as non-disclosure of price tags can lead to misunderstandings and inconvenience at the point of sale,’’ the statement read in part.

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The statement also revealed that Mr. Afolabi Solebo, the General Manager of LASCOPA, emphasized that the absence of price tags on products infringes upon consumer rights and violates the Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency Law.

He pointed out that this lack of transparency prevents consumers from making informed purchasing decisions. Solebo further highlighted that these practices are in direct contradiction with the Consumer Protection Act, which requires the clear display of prices for goods and services to facilitate informed consumer choices.

Furthermore, Mr. Afolabi Solebo encouraged consumers in Lagos to report any instances of non-compliance with the price tag regulation to LASCOPA.

He provided the agency’s social media platforms as well as dedicated phone lines for such reports, which are 08124993885, 09064323154, and 08092509777, urging the public to actively participate in safeguarding their consumer rights.

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He provided the agency’s social media platforms as well as dedicated phone lines for such reports, which are 08124993885, 09064323154, and 08092509777, urging the public to actively participate in safeguarding their consumer rights.

Eko o gba gbere rara o. This is a very proactive agency.
May God bless Lagos state and the Federal Republic of Nigeria for ever! Check my signature for free stuffs!

Nice one.


Nigerians are the most wicked people on earth, they take advantage of every opportunity to punish others.



"E don cost o" nai we dey always hear for Nigeria, when e cheap traders nor go talk.

Bahamas95:
Nice one.


Nigerians are the most wicked people on earth, they take advantage of every opportunity to punish others.



"E don cost o" nai we dey always hear for Nigeria, when e cheap traders nor go talk.

FreeStuffsNG:
He provided the agency’s social media platforms as well as dedicated phone lines for such reports, which are 08124993885, 09064323154, and 08092509777, urging the public to actively participate in safeguarding their consumer rights.

Eko o gba gbere rara o. This is a very proactive agency.
May God bless Lagos state and the Federal Republic of Nigeria for ever! Check my signature for free stuffs!

Agency in LASGIDI seems tasked to go on an onslaught on business owners.

KingKO22:


Typical of an IPOBidients. Everything is sentimental and tribalistic to them

To whom brain is given sense is expected but your case is a sorry state.


Wittyness

Very good.

Also, the practice of putting a different price tag from the one on the system at the cashier must stop!

You'll see a lower price on the product only to get to the cashier and see a higher price.

Nice one.......taking advantage of others, everything na tinubu, dollar and petrol, but na them dey go church pass....

Very necessary.

it shouldn't be compulsory. Competition should be market force that drive purchases. Nobody is forced to buy.

JohnAOne:
Very good.

Also, the practice of putting a different price tag from the one on the system at the cashier must stop!

You'll see a lower price on the product only to get to the cashier and see a higher price.

I notice that it's becoming a common practice by supermarkets in Lagos these days.
Recently I saw a product displayed for 1,950 only for the price to be 2,300 at the cashier's point.
The problem is not the money but the glaring dishonesty

Very lovely

Price must start to come
In Nigeria price don come but this time it must come down

Look at how filling station in lagos is creating artificial scarcity just because they don’t want price to come down

Price control agency and consumer protection agency needs to wake up and get to work

Very necessary!

ignis:
it shouldn't be compulsory

tomorrow now..same u will insult the government of not having price control.
I too hate ppl like u

Yes

Right move. I hope the numbers will be available as at the time one will call them.

Talking about price regulation is not a bad one, but why do we always talk about less important things and leave out the important ones in this part of the world? To me if you know that the price is so high for you in this place, you go to the next place for price comparison.

Please do it on electronics too, I have seen where a seller bought something for N100,000 and he sold it for N300,000.

A Herculean tasknwhen prices change every 4 days.

ole ni everybody

talk2hb1:
Is it a crime?
Abeg make them come catch the Aboki in my street selling groceries, he didn't attach price tag to goods in his shop too.

Like these agencies don't have priorities ! Why not go to oyingbo market and close the entire market cos they didn't put tag on their goods... Just imagine!

What Do You Call Scam or Fraud?

I will love that step.
Different price tag on products, different price when they scan the product. I hate it

Na wayin dey make me vex with staff of one super market for my area, the price tag on shalve is different for m when you want to pay at the pay point, they keep telling me that they have not updated the price tag, I kukuma stop going to that super market.

It's about time.
While they are at it, they should also sanction the ones that would put up one price at the counter and charge something else at check out.

Nawa


Why are dey'nt threatening dagonte
Wit cement price tag

Day in, day out

Week in, week out

Month in , month out

All this government does is threaten, arrest, demolish, tax and extort the populace.

God show us Mercy

They will soon acuse. L. A. S. G of targetting Igbo businesses now

wittywriter:




Agency in LASGIDI seems tasked to go on an onslaught on business owners.




Wittyness

Typical of an IPOBidients. Everything is sentimental and tribalistic to them

JENDOL!!!