The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on says it has  carried out an enforcement raid at two supermarkets in the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja, to ensure adherence to price display and quantity regulations.

The Executive Secretary of the Commission, ADAMU ABDULLAHi, said the exercise targeted at reducing the high cost of food commodities nationwide, would be extended to Lagos, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Kano, Kaduna and other cities in the coming weeks.

ABDULLAHI added that unannounced inspections would be carried out at stores and open markets across different states as part of measures to control the abnormal price surges which had failed to respond to the appreciation of the naira in recent weeks.

The FCCPC boss further disclosed plans to raid some open major markets on today in the FCT to checkmate the arbitrary increase in prices of consumables by traders.