There is no doubt as Global Consumer Advocates celebrates this year 2026 World Consumer Rights Day.
The theme of this year celebration ‘Safe Products, Confident Consumers’ resonate with consumer voice at the centre stage.
Over the years Save The Consumers Initiative in Nigeria have demonstrate steady steering capacity to consistently bring Consumers Advocates together in Nigeria.
2026 edition mark The Save Consumers Initiative 8th years of organizing the conference in Nigeria.
Dr Aliyu Iliass and his team leading the way, as Nigeria and Nigerians are not left of the World Consumers Right Day observations.
However when Consumers Advocates gathered it is significant as it bring together Consumer Advocates, businesses owners, governments officials, media and amongst others
It an opportunity to explored how stronger product safety systems can protect people, build trust and strengthen markets in Nigeria and the world at large.
Conversly, the following questions are indeed begging for answers.
First, where are consumers most at risk today in Nigeria?
Secondly, What does effective safety leadership look like in our society?
Thirdly, how can proven solutions be scaled up in Nigeria and globally?
Providing answers to the above would help us to;
Conveniently identifying priorities and advancing solutions to ensure everyone can rely on safe products and building confident of consumer choices.
Equally, we will be able as leaders within the Consumers Advocacy network inspired changes, refreshing to Consumers and commitments for safety products.
Moreover, Consumers organisations are often the first to identify unsafe products and systemic failures in protection.
To this end, we are at the frontline providing insights on where product safety systems are failing consumers.
The risks products are causing to consumers as well as recurring harm.
While Consumers protection Advocates get engaged on consumer-led action from testing, researching, outreaches to advocacy and collaboration to bring desire change that impact our consumers community.
This also demostrate we on ground to priorities and set the direction for collective advocacy beyond World Consumer Rights Day and through 2026.
To Foster products purchase to meet established standards of safety and quality.
As stakeholders to continue to observe production processes closely and understand the systems that support product safety.
In conclusion, We need to be reminder that consumers are not passive participants in the marketplace.
They are central stakeholders whose safety, dignity, and economic rights must be protected.
Consumers Advocate are the bridge between products and consumers.
Going Forward, the right of every Consumers will be sustain through trust, efficiency, and fairness within the Nigerian marketplace.
Critically, regulation is key to strengthenimg Safety Products, it is not enough, that why collaboration, networking and partnership matters in Building Confident Consumers in Nigeria today.
Being Paper Delivered by 2026 World Consumers Right Day
By Adefolarin A. Olamilekan
Host of The Market Report show Adbn Television Asokoro Abuja
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