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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
Minority Whip of the House of Representatives Gideon Gwani has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for signing into law the Environmental Health Council and Raw Materials Research and Development Council bills.
Gwani, who represents the Kaura federal constituency of Kaduna State, said in a statement on Monday that the newly enacted Environmental Health Council Act will enhance the environmental health profession in Nigeria. among other benefits.
The federal lawmaker, who is the sponsor of the two bills, added that the Raw Materials Research and Development Council Act will provide the enabling framework for the development of local raw materials and coordinate research efforts, especially in relation to raw materials acquisition, exploitation, conservation and development.
The Environmental Health Council Act “empowers the Council to determine the standards of knowledge and skill to be attained by persons seeking to become members of the profession of environmental health and improve those standards as circumstances may permit; secure in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons entitled to practise as members of the profession and the publication of the list of those persons”.
The council is also saddled with the responsibility of establishing and reviewing the code of conduct as the Council considers it desirable for the effective practice of the environmental health profession.
The Council is equally “saddled with the responsibility of conducting examinations in the profession and awarding certificates or diplomas to successful candidates as appropriate and for such purpose…
“Prescribe fees to be paid in that respect; setting professional environmental health practice standards and working with stakeholders to ensure compliance; as well as initiate and approve training programmes desirable for the improvement of the profession.”
