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Abstract

Over the last twenty years, there has been a revolution in the way and manner consumers in Nigeria are treated when it has to do with his right of purchase of goods and services. In some cases, consumers are abused, intimidated or hoodwinked into accepting adulterate goods offered to them by manufacturers or service providers. The central purpose of this paper is to identify some of the strategies upon which the rights of consumers in Nigeria can be adequately protected in the face of the various challenges confronting them and furthermore, to present a coherent framework that will guarantee a sustainable implementation of the international standards for consumer protection in Nigeria. This paper however shall examine the various laws and regulatory agencies put in place to safeguard consumers in Nigeria vis-à-vis the weakness of those mechanisms. The paper relied on documentary evidence and hence scooped much data from secondary sources such as textbooks, journals, articles, periodicals etc. This paper will consider what has driven these dramatic changes in an emerging market in Nigeria. Thus, recommendations are made in this paper. Also, the paper concludes that for an enduring consumer rights in a democratic system in Nigeria, the legal and institutional frameworks for the protection of consumers of goods and services that has hindered effective implementation of the international standards for consumer protection in Nigeria should be reformed and made proactive.

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