GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT
Consumer protection law, being a novel area of study, is geometrically gaining
momentum e providers, which is usually skewed towards the latter. Even the courts,
avalanche of disjointed consumer protection statutes, voluntary organizations and
regulatory agencies have not done enough to protect this vulnerable class of people in
the society. More unfortunate is the fact that where an attempt is made at redressing
the unscrupulousness of the producer or service provider, the inconsequential remedial
measures within Nigeria’s legal jurisprudence. Not until 1992, this area of study lacked
a coherent legal framework to regulate the relationship between consumers of
goods/services and producers of goods/service always be penal-based, therefore
leaving the injured consumer without any form of compensation. In the light of the
foregoing, this work is set to comparatively examine and appraise the civil law
perspective of consumer protection law in Nigeria.
KEYWORDS: Civil Law Approach, Consumer Protection, Statutes and Nigeria