SAN FRANCISCO, March 14, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has sealed a Chinese restaurant and a mall in upscale Victoria Island district of Lagos for refusing to serve Nigerian customers.
Haufei Restaurant and Mall is Chinese owned and maintains a business policy of servicing only foreigners.
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, in a tweet on Saturday, said the staff of the restaurant, located on 33 Aboyade Close, Victoria Island, admitted that it is the business policy of the owners.
“Today, FCCPC closed Haufei restaurant and Mall 33 Aboyade Cole, VI, based on credible intelligence and surveillance that the business declines service to Nigerians. Staff of the business admitted this is the policy and our operatives experienced same. Both now closed for further regulatory action,” the tweet read.
A video posted on social media Saturday by a female who was refused service sparked outrage from Nigerians.
“So, my friends and I have been asked to leave this Chinese establishment, a restaurant o, simply because we are blacks. In Nigeria!”
“Our only option is to take out, but we cannot physically sit down and eat at the restaurant. As you can see, this has turned me to a crazy person. I don’t joke with my food,” she also wrote in a post on Instagram.
