- The supermarket situated at the China General Chamber of Commerce, along Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Road in Abuja, is acclaimed as a destination for Chinese cuisine and beverages
The Federal Competition and Consumer and Protection Commission (FCCPC) has shut the Abuja-based Chinese supermarket situated at the China General Chamber of Commerce.
On Sunday, Nigerians voiced their outrage over a discriminatory policy enforced by a Chinese Supermarket, which allowed entry only to Chinese citizens and denied Nigerians access.
When Punch visited the supermarket to verify the claim, security personnel at the gate confirmed that the store’s management issued the directive at the start of the year without providing reasons.
One officer, who did not wear his name tag and refused to give his name, stated that non-Chinese shoppers are turned away at the gate as per the management’s instructions.
The officer said, “For now, they (management) have stopped everything. The truth is that they are selling, but they said our people should stop coming. They said only Chinese individuals are allowed to shop here. The shop is only meant for Chinese people. People were allowed to come in throughout last year, but since January, they changed the policy and directed that no Nigerian is allowed to enter.
“We were not informed of any reason for the policy, but we have told them to remove all adverts from the Internet so that people would stop coming.”
The facility manager of the complex Shaibu Sanusi confirmed that Nigerians from outside the complex do not shop but Nigerians within can access it.
The supermarket situated at the China General Chamber of Commerce, along Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Road in Abuja, is acclaimed as a destination for Chinese cuisine and beverages.
While the supermarket remains shut, the consumer protection agency seems to believe that some people are hiding inside in a bid to avoid confrontation with the agency.