How Nigeria’s new competition law will benefit the economy – and what to watch for
OLUCHUKWU PRECIOUS OBIOMA, PhD candidate, Department of Commercial and Corporate Law, Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria COMPETITION laws protect consumers and create confidence in an economy. It’s a signal to investors and entrepreneurs that a market is fair and open. And the reward for countries that regulate competition is that on average they produce more value per capita than others. In Nigeria the competition law regime has been inadequate compared with its economy’s size and complexity. It hasn’t had a comprehensive law addressing anti-competitive trade practices like monopoly, price regulation and abuse of dominance. The government previously had a…