Notice on the Passage of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act
08/02/2019
On Tuesday, February 5, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act into law.
The Law which seeks to, among other things, provide for the establishment of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal, also repeals the sections 118, 119, 120, 121 (excluding S. 121(i) (d)), 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127 and 128 of the Investments and Securities Act, 2007.
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Signed: Management