Foundation for Consumer Freedom Advancement

In the room where the rules are written

FCFA works directly and continuously with regulators, ministries and lawmakers, through formal submissions, standards committees, public hearings and briefings.

Formal submissions and committee work with Nigerian regulators, ministries and the House of Representatives, plus policy roundtables in Ghana and Cameroon.

  • Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Nigeria
  • Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
  • Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria
  • National Tobacco Control Committee (NATOCC), Nigeria
  • House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services, Nigeria
  1. October 2026

    Submission

    Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Nigeria

    Filed formal comments on the Draft Sales Promotion (Amended) Regulations 2026, backing action against fake promotions while warning against licensing ordinary advertising.

  2. February 2025

    Submission

    Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

    Continued engagement with the Ministry into 2025, with a formal submission to the Minister of State on standards for alternative nicotine products.

  3. December 2024

    Submission

    Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

    Made formal submissions on health-warning standards to SON and the Ministry as part of FCFA's ongoing work on the national standards; both were acknowledged in writing.

  4. 2024 to 2025

    Committee

    Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)

    Sat on SON's technical committee as the consumer voice while national standards for alternative nicotine products were written; the committee's recommendations went to the National Assembly.

  5. October to November 2024

    Submission

    National Tobacco Control Committee (NATOCC) and House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services, Nigeria

    Carried the consumer case through the review of the National Tobacco Control Act, with a written position paper to the NATOCC public hearing and to the House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services.

  6. April 2024

    Briefing

    Advisory roundtable: Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon

    Briefed a three-country advisory roundtable on harm reduction policy.

  7. March 2023

    Roundtable

    Ghana

    Co-authored a tobacco harm reduction position paper with a Ghanaian partner and co-hosted roundtables with regulators, media, consumers and industry.

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