Coronavirus: Nigerian govt probes increased prices for sanitisers, face masks

Demand for products like hand sanitisers, face masks, and cleaning wipes have spiked since Friday when Africa’s most populous nation confirmed its first case of coronavirus.

In a memo issued Saturday, the Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission said the inordinate practice during national public health concern violates both moral codes and extant law. A spot check at different pharmacy shops in Utako revealed that the same brand and size of a hand sanitiser, Punkinosis, is being sold at different exorbitant prices ranging from N2, 500 and N3, 000.“It’s because the demands are high,” female staff at Richmen Pharmacy in Utako said Saturday evening when asked what was the reason for the price hike.Babatunde Irukera, Chief Executive Officer of the FCCPC said an investigation into the development has begun across Nigerian cities.

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