Lagos govt seals FESTAC superstore for promoting expired merchandise 

The Lagos State Authorities has sealed Blessed Blissful Properties Superstore at sixth Avenue, thirteenth Street, FESTAC City, for promoting expired Quick-Shifting Client Items (FMCG) merchandise and violating well being and security rules.

This motion was carried out by the Lagos State Client Safety Company (LASCOPA) as a part of the federal government’s ongoing dedication to making sure shopper security and well-being.

The disclosure of the shop’s closure was made by the Lagos State Commissioner for Works and Water Sources, Tokunbo Wahab, in a submit shared on X (previously Twitter) on Wednesday.

Wahab’s submit defined that the LASCOPA crew had recognized a number of expired merchandise on the cabinets, which included gadgets that would pose critical well being dangers to customers.

“The Lagos State Client Safety Company (@lasgcopa) seals Blessed Blissful Properties Superstore at sixth Avenue, thirteenth Street, Festac City, for promoting expired merchandise, violating well being and security rules, placing clients in danger, and interesting in practices that compromise shopper well-being,”  the submit learn partly.

The submit additionally included a video displaying LASCOPA officers utilizing purple spray paint to mark the grocery store, signaling its fast closure.

Particulars of the inspection and authorized penalties 

Within the video, Afolabi Solebo, the Normal Supervisor of LASCOPA, offered an in depth account of the inspection carried out by the company on November 22, 2024.

In accordance with him, through the inspection, LASCOPA’s monitoring and enforcement division found a big variety of expired merchandise on the shop’s cabinets, together with child meals gadgets that had expired way back to 2023. This alarming discovery prompted the company to take swift motion to make sure public security and forestall additional hurt.

• Solebo additional defined that the grocery store’s administration had been invited to LASCOPA’s workplace to make clear the scenario, however they failed to answer the company’s request. Because of this, LASCOPA had no selection however to hunt a court docket order to seal the shop.
• He reiterated that the proprietor of the grocery store would face authorized prosecution for violating shopper safety legal guidelines. This motion highlights the Lagos State Authorities’s dedication to upholding shopper rights and sustaining excessive requirements in companies working inside the state.
• Solebo additionally used the chance to advise Lagos residents to stay vigilant when buying, emphasizing the significance of checking expiry dates and product info earlier than making purchases.

He assured the general public that LASCOPA’s enforcement efforts would proceed and that extra consciousness campaigns could be rolled out within the coming months. The company’s give attention to shopper schooling and safety will lengthen past November 2024, with the purpose of decreasing the prevalence of unsafe merchandise available in the market.