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Bill that regulates environment and safety management passes first reading 

by Temi Badmus June 23, 2022 3 min read
 Bill that regulates environment and safety management passes first reading 

Bill that regulates environment and safety management passes first reading 

Concerned with the poor state of environmental safety standards in the country, most especially at workplaces, a bill to regulate and control the training, basic skills development, registration and practice of environment and safety management in Nigeria, passed the first reading at the Senate.

The bill which was sponsored by the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, titled; “Environmental and safety management institute Bill, 2022 (SB. 1015)”, seeks to provide an effective legal and institutional framework for the training and regulation of the practice of environment and safety management across the nation.

In order to achieve its objective, a Chartered Institute of Environment and Safety Management is proposed to be established, the institute according to its sponsor “will be charged with the duty educating, training, examining and setting standards for training in the field of environment and safety management. The proposed Institute will also compel the practitioner in the industry to be sufficiently equipped to cope with the dynamics of the environment and safety management world.”

Deputy Leader of the Senate, Senator Ajayi Boroffice presented the bill during Tuesday’s plenary.
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Concerned with the poor state of environmental safety standards in the country, most especially at workplaces, a bill to regulate and control the training, basic skills development, registration and practice of environment and safety management in Nigeria, passed the first reading at the Senate.

The bill which was sponsored by the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, titled; “Environmental and safety management institute Bill, 2022 (SB. 1015)”, seeks to provide an effective legal and institutional framework for the training and regulation of the practice of environment and safety management across the nation.

In order to achieve its objective, a Chartered Institute of Environment and Safety Management is proposed to be established, the institute according to its sponsor “will be charged with the duty educating, training, examining and setting standards for training in the field of environment and safety management. The proposed Institute will also compel the practitioner in the industry to be sufficiently equipped to cope with the dynamics of the environment and safety management world.”

Deputy Leader of the Senate, Senator Ajayi Boroffice presented the bill during Tuesday’s plenary.

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Following a voice vote in favour of the bill, the Senate president, Senator Ahmad Lawan, who presided over the plenary referred the bill for second reading.

The explanatory memorandum of the bill also revealed that, “a governing council shall be established to oversee the operation of the institute and its functions shall include; to provide physical and or online full-time and part-time courses of instruction, professional, technical and specialised training in environmental assessment; environmental planning and management; environmental economics and security, environmental sustainability and protection; environmental health, occupational health and environmental safety.

“And would include food and water safety, industrial security, school safety management, forestry and agricultural safety, terrestrial and atmospheric safety, environmental emergency and disaster management, as well as community and home safety.”

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Temi Badmus is a Food scientist and an Art enthusiast. Her desire is to give a listening ear to people and to give an opportunity for everyone to be heard. She's a humorous and controversial writer, who believes all form of writing is audible if its done well. Temi Badmus is research oriented, dog lover; she is currently a mum to two brutal Jack Russell terrier male and female - "Cash" and Indie . 🐕 The future is female... The future is Productive

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