23/08/2025
*CPC condemns PURA's ' Minimum Floor Price' Regulation and the 'Validity Periods ' Rip off policy on Data Bundles by GSM Companies*
The Consumer Protection Consortium (CPC) is a Civil Society Organisation duly incorporated in accordance with the laws of The Gambia. Our primary aim is to safeguard the interests and rights of consumers in the interest of public health safety, quality, corporate ethics and the law.
The CPC has been closely monitoring recent events of violations of the rights of consumers in contravention of both the Competitions Act 2008 and Consumer Protection Act 2014 of The Gambia. The CPC is especially concerned with the decision by PURA to introduce a "Minimum Floor Price" regulation on Internet data without consultations with the key stakeholders such as the GCCPC and CPC.
We like many other stakeholders believe that the introduction of this price regulation has unfairly barred consumers from the benefits resulting from free and fair market competition and disrupting healthy competition between GSM companies. This action by PURA is both regressive and harmful to consumers and businesses alike.
In this regard the CPC strongly urges PURA to rescind their decision and carry out due consultations with all relevant stakeholders to restore sanity and allow the free forces of demand and supply to dictate the price of internet data in The Gambia. The CPC also urges the GSM companies to remove the unwarranted policy of imposing "Validity Periods" on data bundles that they sell to their 'esteemed' customers if they are true to their word. These short validity periods are an extortion and a rip off to consumers because the GSM companies seize monies from consumers for services they are yet to provide. This practice is also unacceptable and we are calling on the GCCPC to intervene and put an immediate stop to this unlawful practice by GSM companies.
The CPC is also calling on the government ( i.e both the Executive and Legislature) to prevail on the Police to immediately stop further arrests and to release the affected protesters who are vulnerable consumers exercising their right to conduct peaceful assembly, in accordance with the Public Order Act and the 1997 Constitution of The Gambia.
Finally, the CPC will rally support and resort to legal action if the concerned regulators and affected GSM companies fail to take immediate measures to resolve the current crises.
Alpha Ousman Jallow
President
Consumer Protection Consortium*CPC condemns PURA's ' Minimum Floor Price' Regulation and the 'Validity Periods ' Rip off policy on Data Bundles by GSM Companies*
The Consumer Protection Consortium (CPC) is a Civil Society Organisation duly incorporated in accordance with the laws of The Gambia. Our primary aim is to safeguard the interests and rights of consumers in the interest of public health safety, quality, corporate ethics and the law.
The CPC has been closely monitoring recent events of violations of the rights of consumers in contravention of both the Competitions Act 2008 and Consumer Protection Act 2014 of The Gambia. The CPC is especially concerned with the decision by PURA to introduce a "Minimum Floor Price" regulation on Internet data without consultations with the key stakeholders such as the GCCPC and CPC.
We like many other stakeholders believe that the introduction of this price regulation has unfairly barred consumers from the benefits resulting from free and fair market competition and disrupting healthy competition between GSM companies. This action by PURA is both regressive and harmful to consumers and businesses alike.
In this regard the CPC strongly urges PURA to rescind their decision and carry out due consultations with all relevant stakeholders to restore sanity and allow the free forces of demand and supply to dictate the price of internet data in The Gambia. The CPC also urges the GSM companies to remove the unwarranted policy of imposing "Validity Periods" on data bundles that they sell to their 'esteemed' customers if they are true to their word. These short validity periods are an extortion and a rip off to consumers because the GSM companies seize monies from consumers for services they are yet to provide. This practice is also unacceptable and we are calling on the GCCPC to intervene and put an immediate stop to this unlawful practice by GSM companies.
The CPC is also calling on the government ( i.e both the Executive and Legislature) to prevail on the Police to immediately stop further arrests and to release the affected protesters who are vulnerable consumers exercising their right to conduct peaceful assembly, in accordance with the Public Order Act and the 1997 Constitution of The Gambia.
Finally, the CPC will rally support and resort to legal action if the concerned regulators and affected GSM companies fail to take immediate measures to resolve the current crises.
Alpha Ousman Jallow
President
Consumer Protection Consortium
