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Court orders FG to fix prices of goods, petroleum products within 7 days

Federal High Court, ,

A Federal High Court, sitting at Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the federal government to fix the prices of goods and petroleum products within 7 days.

Justice Ambose Lewis-Allagoa granted the order on Wednesday, February 7, while delivering judgment in a suit No FHC/L/CS/869/2023, filed and argued by human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana SAN, against the Price Control Board and the Attorney-General of the Federation, listed as the first and second defendants.

What Falana was seeking

Falana (SAN) had approached the court for the followings:

The order from the judge

Justice Lewis-Allagoa, after listening to Falana’s submission, observed that the respondents did not file any counter to the suit.

The judge citied decided cases and held that, “all the reliefs contained in the motion paper are hereby granted as prayed.”

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The judge said,

The judge specifically ordered the Nigerian government to fix the price of Milk, Flour, salt, sugar, bicycles and it’s spare parts, matches, motorcycles and its spare parts, motor vehicles and it’s spare parts as well as Petroleum products, which include: diesel, petrol motor spirit (PMS) and kerosene.

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