The Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission has revealed that all the products in the Abuja-based Chinese Supermarket were labelled in Yen – the Chinese official currency. The acting Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Adamu Abdullahi, made this revelation in an interview with Channels TV on Sunday.
The Chinese supermarket policy is against the law in Nigeria and implies a violation of Nigerian law.The commission said it is still considering appropriate sanctions to be meted out against the owner of the supermarket, Liu Bei, for not allowing Nigerians to shop at the facility.
He added that the owner has also been mandated to post an open-to-all-customers notice.
Recall that Nigerians, last Sunday, kicked over the policy of the supermarket restricting entry solely to Chinese nationals, excluding Nigerians from patronising the establishment
This report sparked widespread condemnation as Nigerians voiced their concerns over the discriminatory treatment.
He said, “Yes, she came to the commission in time and we went to the supermarket with her, she opened it and the discoveries were just enormous.
The Chinese embassy and Chamber of Commerce were there represented.
We discovered that all the products were labelled in Yen and that is the only currency they accept
That is against the law in Nigeria. we don’t sell products in foreign currency. Everything sold in Nigeria should be in its currency.
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