In its quest to ensure that Imo Citizens are protected from harmful products and services, the Imo State House of Assembly has carried out public hearing on the bill for a Law to establish the Imo State Competition and Consumer Protection Council, Provide for the Protection of the Consumer disputes and for connected purposes, 2024.
The public hearing was organized by the House of Assembly Committee on Commerce and Industry at the Assembly Complex, Owerri.
Addressing the gathering, the House Committee Chairman, Chief Johnleoba Iheoha stated that the purpose of the event was to allow members of the public take critical examination of the bill by making suggestions and input with a view to making it acceptable by all, when passed.
Chief Iheoha who is the representative of Ikeduru State Constituency, further informed that the bill if eventually becomes a law would protect consumers from bad products, eliminate hazardous and sub-standard goods from the markets as well as protect the interest of consumers from goods and services.
The Chief Sponsor of the Bill and member for Oru West State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly Chief Domnic Ezerioha hinted that it took him time to research on the bill to ensure that the bill achieves its purpose when it finally becomes a law, adding that the bill before now was a federal law which the House wants to domesticate for the benefits of the people of the State.
Chief Ezerioha further emphasized that the federal law has only one segment which tends to protect only the consumers’ right, but that on the course of domesticating it, the bill was segmented into two parts, the Competition And Consumers Protection Council which gave room for people who want to embark on production of goods to freely do so in order to provide alternative choices to consumers.
The Oru West Lawmaker also explained that the bill has 9 Acts, 97 Sections and other sub-sections which are geared towards making the life of every Imo Citizen simple and worth living.
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