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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday, ordered the Federal Government to fix the prices of goods and petroleum products within seven days from today.<\/p>\n

Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa granted the order sequel to an originating motion filed and argued by the applicant, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana.<\/p>\n

Falana had dragged the Price Control Board and the Attorney General of the Federation, both of whom are listed as defendants through the court to determine \u201cwhether by virtue of Section 4 (1) of the Price Control Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, the first defendant is carrying out its duty to impose a price on any goods that are of the kind specified in the First Schedule to the Price Control Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an affidavit in support of the summons taken out by the Senior Advocate and deposed to by a legal practitioner from his firm, Taiwo Olawanle, the deponent noted that the following commodities: bicycles and its spare parts; flour; matches; milk; motorcycles and its spare parts; motor vehicles and spare parts; salt; sugar and petroleum products including diesel, petrol motor spirit and kerosene are listed in the Price Control Act.<\/p>\n

He also noted that the Act gives the Price Control Board powers to fix the prices of this wide array of commodities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat though the price of the commodities is supposed to be fixed by the Board, the only petroleum products that are fixed to a certain amount are not being enforced.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat the price of a bag of rice which was formerly N8,000 has risen to N45,000 in the market and that the situation in the market is by each passing day becoming more unbearable for consumers as prices of goods keep rising on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cSellers are not always sincere as they are so desperate to make excessive profits at the expense of buyers.<\/p>\n

\u201cFood prices which human beings should not be deprived of are on the high side due to a lack of price fixing by the Ist Defendant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat buyers are at the receiving end when the prices of goods are increased as they tend to suffer for it more.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat the increase in the price of goods has forced various categories of eateries and canteens to increase the prices of their meals, attributing the high cost to unstable and unfavorable prices of farm produce.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat there is a need for the 1st defendant to rise up to its task of imposing prices on these commodities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat unless the defendants are mandated by the court to wake up to their responsibilities, the prices of goods will continue to skyrocket.\u201d<\/p>\n

The senior advocate therefore sought the following claims\/reliefs from the court:<\/p>\n

\u201cA declaration that by virtue of Section 4 of the Price Control Act Cap, the defendants are under a legal obligation to fix the prices of bicycles and spare parts; flour; matches; milk; motorcycles and spare parts; motor vehicles and spare parts; salt; sugar and petroleum products including diesel, petrol motor spirit and kerosene.<\/p>\n

\u201cA declaration that the failure or refusal of the Defendants to fix the prices of bicycles and spare parts; flour; matches; milk; motorcycles and spare parts; motor vehicles and spare parts; salt; sugar and petroleum products including diesel, petrol motor spirit and kerosene is illegal as it offends the provision of Section 4 of the Price Control Act, Cap\u2026., Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn order directing the defendants to fix the prices of bicycles and spare parts; flour; matches; milk; motorcycles and spare parts; motor vehicles and spare parts; salt; sugar and petroleum products including diesel, petrol motor spirit and kerosene not later than 7 days after the delivery of the Judgment of this Honourable Court.\u201d<\/p>\n

After listening to the senior advocate today, Justice Lewis-Allagoa said, \u201d I have heard the applicant, Femi Falana and I have also discovered that despite the service of the originating motion on the respondents namely Attorney-General of the Federation and the Price Control Board, there\u2019s no opposition to it by way of a counter affidavit, which in law means that all the facts deposed in the affidavit attached to the originating motion are all deemed admitted.<\/p>\n

Consequently, all prayers that are sought for in the motion papers are hereby granted as prayed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The judge then ordered the Nigerian government to fix the price of Milk, Flour, salt, sugar, bicycles and its spare parts, matches, motorcycles and its spare parts, motor vehicles and its spare parts as well as Petroleum products, which include: diesel, petrol motor spirit (PMS) and kerosene.<\/p>\n

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