Wednesday 24/Sep/2025 – 12:13 AM
Ibrahim Al -Sajini, head of the Consumer Protection Agency, and his companions from the judicial seizure officers in the agency, led a sudden and sudden night campaign on the markets in the Mokattam area of Cairo Governorate, targeted field follow -up and determine the extent of the commitment of merchants and sales outlets to legal controls, in implementation of the directives of the political leadership and follow -up of the merchants ’response to the initiative to reduce the prices that the Prime Minister recently launched to reduce the burden on families Egyptian, within the framework of the apparatus’s continuous efforts to impose discipline in the markets and address any practices harmful to consumer rights.
The tour started with the head of the agency inspecting a number of commercial chains to sell foodstuffs in the Mokattam region, to follow up on food commodities, especially the strategy, and to ensure the announcement of prices and sale according to the announced prices, as well as to ensure the commitment of merchants and sellers to the initiative to reduce the prices of commodities recently launched by the government with the aim of enabling the Egyptian citizen to reap the fruits of economic reforms adopted by the state, and translating the indicators of recovery into a real improvement in purchasing power And the level of living.
The seizure of 46 cases that include a manipulation of prices and misleading ads in the Mokattam area
Ibrahim Al -Sajini also inspected a number of shops for selling clothes, school supplies, tourist and Frankish living ovens to follow up the extent of adherence to prices and sale according to what is announced, as well as ensuring the seriousness of the offers and declared discounts.
In the same context, the head of the agency was keen during his tour, this evening, to meet the citizens and ask them about the quality of goods and products, and the extent of their satisfaction with prices, especially after the government launched the initiative to reduce prices.
Citizens explained that there is a real decrease in many commodities from what was before, and that there are already goods that have been affected by declines, and there are still some commodities their slow decreases, demanding state agencies to continue the field presence and periodic follow -up in the markets to achieve more discipline and low commodity prices.
Al -Sajini pointed out that the citizen is a major party and a key partner in the control system, explaining that the citizens offered by citizens of communications and appeals represents a supervisory extension of the mechanism of the work of the agency within the community, and evidence of the high level of public awareness, stressing that activating the citizen’s role in reporting violations is one of the most important tools for law enforcement and ensuring the stability of markets and addressing all forms of negative and non -disciplined practices.
The sudden supervisory campaign efforts resulted in the seizure of “46 cases” of price manipulation, the announcement of fake discounts, the circulation of unknown food commodities, differences between the price recorded on the shelf and the price at the cashier, and immediately the head of the Consumer Protection Agency directed to edit the lecturer for violators, reserve the seizures, and refer them to the Public Prosecution.
The head of the Consumer Protection Agency stressed that the control of markets and the promotion of field control comes at the top of the priorities of the work of the agency, and they receive great attention from the political leadership and the Prime Minister, as it directly affects the economic security of the citizen, and reflects the will of the state in the face of any attempts to violate the stability of the market or prejudice the rights of consumer.
The head of the agency pointed out that what was monitored during today’s tour reflects a remarkable decline in the volume of violations, as well as a clear decline in commodity prices, especially the basic commodities of concern to citizens and affect their daily needs, stressing that these results come a direct reflection of the state’s efforts in the initiative to reduce prices, and to intensify regulatory campaigns on the markets in coordination with the various relevant agencies, and also stressed that the device continues to follow the markets in a way Daily to ensure its stability and prevent any practices that will harm consumer rights.
He pointed to the major challenges that the state faced during the past periods, which were clear to all, stressing that the transcendence of these crises would not have been achieved had it not been for the concerted efforts of the government, merchants and citizen awareness, stressing that the current stage requires the reflection of those efforts to a tangible reality that the citizen feels through real and noticeable declines in basic commodity prices, reflects the stability of economic conditions, foremost of which is the decline in the price of foreign currency to The lowest levels and low inflation rates compared to previous years.
Ibrahim Al -Sajini stressed that the agency is determined with full force to implement the law without negligence towards any violating practices, and that it does not compromise the restoration of complete discipline in the markets, and to confront all those who begged themselves to harm the consumer or violate the rules of competition in the Egyptian market, stressing that the consumer protection is a national commitment practiced by the state through its control devices with decisiveness, and that the device continues to intensify its campaigns Supervision in all governorates to monitor violations, address any undisciplined practices or trading unknown goods.
