Chamber Denies Barring Nigerian Shoppers From Supermarket.

China General Chamber of Commerce has dismissed claims into the operation of a Chinese supermarket within the premises of the Royal Choice Estate, Airport Road, Abuja.

The Abuja-based Chinese supermarket had come under criticism for refusing to allow Nigerians to shop in its facility.

The supermarket situated at the China General Chamber of Commerce, along Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Road in Abuja, is acclaimed as a destination for Chinese cuisine and beverages, while, Nigerians had expressed outrage over a discriminatory policy implemented by the Chinese Supermarket, which restricted entry exclusively to its citizens and barred Nigerians.

But reacting to the alleged discrimination in a statement by its Secretary, Cui Guangzheng, the China Chamber of Commerce said, the estate housing both the supermarket and the commerce building was not entirely a supermarket, and clarified that the Royal Choice Estate comprises an office complex and residential apartments.

According to the statement, the residential area of the estate consists of private residents who adhere to security protocols in granting access to external visitors, and no individual was subjected to discrimination or denied access to the estate or supermarket to purchase groceries as widely speculated.