EHOAN strongly opposed EHORECON plan to privatise House-to-House Inspection of Premises


COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE 48TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE/ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (EHOAN) SOKOTO 2016. HELD AT SULTAN MUHAMMADU MACCIDO INSTITUTE OF QURANIC AND GENERAL STUDIES SOKOTO, FROM 6TH TO 9TH DECEMBER, 2016.

PREAMBLE: The Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria (EHOAN) held its 48th  Annual National Conference/AGM  2016 at Sultan Muhammadu Maccido Institute of Quranic and General studies, in the seat of the Caliphate Sokoto, Sokoto State from 6th  9th December 2016.  The theme of the conference was The impact of Economic Recession on compliance with Environmental Health Laws and Regulations in Nigeria His Excellency RT. Honourable Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR; the Executive Governor of Sokoto State was the Special Guest of Honour who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Bashir Garba, while the Royal Father of the Day was His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Saad Abubakar III; The Sultan of Sokoto was represented at the occasion by the Chiroman Sokoto Alhaji Buhari Abubakar III.

Other very distinguished guests present include the Honourable Minister of Environment; Hajiya Amina J. Mohammed who was represented by Saniatarian Isah Adamu, the Zonal Coordinator North West Zone of Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON); The Honourable Commissioner of Health Sokoto State, Dr Balarabe Shehu Kakale Shuni; The Permanent Secretary of Kebbi State Ministry of Health, Sanitarian Dr Muhammad Atiku Kende, and many others too numerous to mention.

ACTIVITIES:
The Association conducted a Market Sanitation Inspection and Sensitization at Kure Market Sokoto, to mobilize the traders and the general public on the importance of Sanitation of their premises for the improvement of Public Health.

Also, the Association paid a courtesy visit to His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Saad Abubakar III, to advocate for his continued support to Environmental Health services and sanitation in general. In his response, the Sultan assured the Association of his unflinching support and cooperation to the Association.

OBSERVATIONS:
The Annual National Conference and Annual general Meeting of the Association made the following observations:

1. The ANC/AGM observed with shock the approval of Environmental health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON) to approve the contracting out the basic professional duties of the Environmental Health Officers of House to House Sanitary Inspection of Premises to private practitioners (Quacks). This practice will affect the employment of Environmental Health Officers by the Government thus worsen the recession some graduands of the profession are facing. Therefore the ANC/AGM call on the EHORECON to reverse the obnoxious decision

2. The ANC/AGM observed that the review of the National Environmental Sanitation Policy was long overdue and urged Government to expedite action in its review.

3. The ANC/AGM applauded the efforts of the Sokoto State Government in putting structure in place to improve sanitation in the State which should be sustained.

4. The ANC/AGM call on the Federal Government to direct the Federal Ministry of Environment to urgently ensure/supervise the establishment of tlimate change department in the State Ministries of Environment as well ensure the provision of relevant equipment.

RESOLUTIONS:
The Annual National Conference and Annual General Meeting made the following major resolutions:

1. The ANC/AGM reconstituted its Board of Trustees as follows:
i. Sanitarian Zakariyau Aliyu representing the North Central
ii. Sanitarian (Dr) Ayuba Wabba nmi representing the North East
iii. Sanitarian (Dr) Ado Bello representing the North West
iv. Sanitarian Adeyinka Richard representing South West
 v. Sanitarian (Mrs) Beatrice Itubo JP representing South South

2. The ANC/AGM call on the Federal Government to urgently direct the Ministers for Environment, Health, Water Resources, Labour and Productivity, other relevant Federal Agencies and the Governors of the 36 States and FCT to employ more Environmental Health Officers to meet up the current challenges facing the country (Open defeacation, litter and preventable communicable diseases)

3. The ANC/AGM urge the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria to urgently provide modern/scientific sanitary equipment to enable Environmental Health Officers prosecute present and emerging environmental health challenges in their various areas of jurisdiction.

4. The ANC/AGM implore the Federal and State Governments to commence immediate rehabilitations of dilapidated roads with proper and appropriate road signage on the major highways across the country to prevent lost of lives, where it has commenced it should be sustained.


Sanitarian (Prince) Peter Uwagbale ksm          
National President



Sanitarian Suleyman Tanko
Secretary General

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Ethical and Professional Code of Conduct for Environmental Health Practitioners in Nigeria

Image
          The Ethical and Professional Code of Conduct for Environmental Health Practitioners in Nigeria The Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON) was established by Act 11 of 2002. Section 27(a)(b)  of the Act empowers the Council to make incidental and supplementary provisions for different circumstances. Therefore, the ethical and professional code of conduct for Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) in Nigeria is hereby stated for strict compliance by all EHOs. Ethics is derived from the Greek word ethos, which means character. Ethics as a subject is the science of morals, and branch of philosophy which is concerned with the study of human character and the conduct and rules of behavior. In philosophy, ethical behavior is that which is good or right. A code of ethics provides members of a profession with standard of behavior and principles to be observed regarding individual moral and professional obligations, towards one another, their
Read more

WOLEWOLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: STAND ATTENTION

Image
With his crisp white uniform over brown trouser or skirt and the brown beret over his head, the Environmental Health Officer is one of the most respected and feared public officers right from the colonial days to the present day Nigeria. He is feared not because he wields a gun but rather because his job permits him to search into the crevices of the homes where the Police, without a warrant, can't reach. His purpose, is none other than to ensure that the environment is kept in such state that it won't be hazardous to those living within it. The job of the health officers also known as the Sanitary Inspector, takes him from house to house, as well as any other premises such as food premises, factories, schools, offices, shops, drainage, sewage treatment plant, airport and airplane, ships, including the abatement of pollution, whether it's air, land, water or noise. Indeed it is a broad-spectrum assignment. You can imagine why you may not see him in your street eve
Read more

FG to Give Free New Sets of Uniform to Environmental Health Officers

Image
FG to Give Free New Sets of Uniform to Environmental Health Officers The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria, which is domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Environment has concluded plans to give a complete set of uniform and it's full accessories to all Licensed EHOs in Nigeria. Sanitarians during a Thematic MCPD session The gesture is part of the government's effort to rejuvenate the profession in all the nooks and crannies of the nation. Wolewole.com reliably gathered that the materials are already on ground and will be distributed to each state of the Federation. In his address during a function in Kuchikawu, Nasarawa state on Friday February 4, 2017 the Registrar/CEO of EHORECON, Dr. Abonyi Dominic announced that plans are already concluded on the mode of distribution. He affirmed that only EHOs with the current year practicing licence will benefit from the largesse. Dr. Abonyi Domini
Read more