The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, has busted a syndicate with deceptive rice weight claims in Garki Modern Market Abuja.
Adamu Abdullahi, the acting Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday after the Commission conducted an operation to protect consumers.
Accordingly, the Commission discovered that there are bags of rice 25kg and 50kg that do not weigh the claimed sizes.
The commission described the action by some rice retailers and sellers as exploitative and deceptive.
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