Institute To Enforce Professional Standards, Targets...

- ✦Speaking on the theme, Towards a Lead-Free Chemical Industry in Nigeria: Advancing Safer Chemistry, Sustainable Alternatives and Regulatory Compliance, Akwaowo said the Institute would intensify stakeholder engagement, professional verification, capacity building and enforcement to address gaps in chemical practice.
- The Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON) has unveiled plans to strengthen the regulation of chemical practice, eliminate quackery and promote safer industrial processes as part of efforts to build a lead-free chemical industry in the country.
- On professional development, Akwaowo said ICCON was working towards institutionalising specialised training programmes in collaboration with industries, universities, research institutions, government agencies and professional bodies.
- Speaking on the theme, Towards a Lead-Free Chemical Industry in Nigeria: Advancing Safer Chemistry, Sustainable Alternatives and Regulatory Compliance, Akwaowo said the Institute would intensify stakeholder engagement, professional verification, capacity building and enforcement to address gaps in chemical practice.
The Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON) has unveiled plans to strengthen the regulation of chemical practice, eliminate quackery and promote...
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He disclosed that the Regulatory Framework for the Practice of Chemistry, gazetted last year, became effective in June 2026 as an instrument of enforcement, adding that the Institute was determined to ensure that individuals undertaking professional chemistry functions possessed the requisite qualifications, registration and valid practising licences.