The Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) has commended Government for coming up with a law meant to protect consumers against exploitation by business people.
ZACA Executive Director Samuel Simutunda said the Consumer Protection Act of 2008, which was enacted into law in April 2009, would significantly help in curbing the sale of substandard and counterfeit products to consumers in the country.
Mr. Simutunda said this would therefore bring sanity to commerce.
He has since urged consumers to take advantage of the statute and use it to seek redress if aggrieved during this festive period.
He told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that most business people had for a long time now taken advantage of the absence of a law that gave consumers an impetus to take to task traders that duped them through the sale of counterfeit products, especially during festive periods.
Mr. Simutunda also appealed to business firms to uphold highest levels of professionalism and refrain from selling substandard and counterfeit products to consumers.
He warned erring traders that they risked being prosecuted for flouting laws which Government had put in place to protect consumers.
Mr. Simutunda prodded business firms to sell consumer products that reflected the value for their money.
He also urged consumers not to get too excited and spend their monies unwisely during the festive period.
He noted that consumers have a lot of responsibilities to take care of after the festive period.
ZANIS
This Act is 46 years late but consciously on time.