Jumia Nigeria has delisted 390 products belonging to 168 sellers of hand sanitisers and face masks from its platform.
The development followed a warning by FCCPC to sellers against price gouging and arbitrary increases in prices of protective and hygiene products in the wake of the recent outbreak of coronavirus.
The Chief Executive Officer, FCCPC, Babatunde Irukera, had issued the warning in a February 28 statement.
“This unusual and inordinate practice of unreasonably increasing the price of these (protective and hygiene) products in an indiscriminate manner, on account of the national public health concern (Coronavirus) violates both moral codes and extant law,” he said.
The Head of Institutional Affairs, Jumia Group, Juliet Anammah, informed the FCCPC of its action over the weekend.
The letter reads in part: “Let me reconfirm that at Jumia we want to work with your agency, most especially at a critical time like this.
“390 products belonging to 168 sellers for sanitisers and face masks have been delisted. Unfortunately, this is an ongoing process as sellers can relist products. Thus, we will be doing hourly checks and clean up if necessary.
“We are manually selecting now only SKUs with the best prices to be listed.”
“A further communication has been sent to ALL sellers to notify them that we will delist all SKUs with prices seen to be taking advantage of the situation.