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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Civil Aviation Act, the Nigerian Metrological Agency and six other bills recently passed by the National Assembly into law.
The
Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters (House
of Representatives, Hon. Bashir Babale Illah, who disclosed this in a statement
in Abuja on Monday listed the other bills signed by the President as the
Pharmacy Council of Nigeria establishment bill and the Nigeria Council for
management Development Act.
Others are the National Institute for Credit Administration establishment act,
2022, Chartered Institute of Social Work Practitioners act 2022, Advertising
Regulatory Council of Nigeria act 2022 and Counselling Practitioners Council of
Nigeria Act, 2022.
Illah
said the ”Civil Aviation Act, which repealed the Civil Aviation Act, No. 6,
2006, provides for an effective legal and institutional framework for the
regulation of civil aviation in Nigeria in order to promote aviation safety and
security, ensure that Nigeria’s obligations under international aviation
agreements are implemented, and consolidate the law relating to civil aviation
regulation in Nigeria.
”It
also provides for an effective legal and institutional framework for the
regulation of civil aviation in Nigeria in conformity with the standards and
recommended practices set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation
(ICAO).
”The
law is expected to establish rules of operation and divisions of responsibility
within the Nigerian civil aviation system in order to promote aviation safety
and security; ensure that Nigeria’s obligations under international aviation
agreements are implemented; and consolidate the laws relating to the regulation
of civil aviation in Nigeria.
”The Nigerian Metrological Agency (Establishment, etc.) provides for
comprehensive legal and institutional framework for the regulation of
meteorology in Nigeria, advise the Federal Government on all aspects of meteorology;
project, prepare and interpret government policies in the field of meteorology;
and issue weather forecasts for the safe operation of air-crafts, ocean-going
vessels and oil rigs in accordance with the International Civil Aviation
Organisation (ICAO) and World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Standard and
Recommended Practices (SARPs).
”The
act empowered the agency as the sole authority to approve, license, certify and
regulate the establishment of meteorological stations for meteorological
observations, the operators and operating personnel at a fee to be prescribed
by the Agency and where necessary, make regulation in this regard, save for
aeronautical meteorological service.
”The
Pharmacists Council of Nigeria is charged with the responsibility, amongst
others, of regulating and controlling the education, training and practice of
pharmacy and related matters in Nigeria.
”The National Institute of Credit Administration is expected to regulate the
credit management practice and set standards and skills to be attained by
persons seeking to become professional credit managers in Nigeria by providing
range of services and programmes aimed at keeping Nigerian credit managers and
their executives up-to-date by developing their professional skills, elevating
their status and inculcating ethics in their service of managing credit for
their employers, among others.
”Chartered
Institute of Social Work Practitioners is charged with the responsibility for
training and registration of persons aspiring to become Social Work
Practitioners in Nigeria and determine the standards of knowledge and skill to
be attained by persons seeking to become registered as chartered social work
practitioners, and raise the standards as circumstances may permit; secure, in
accordance with the provisions of this Act.”
Culled from www.newstrack,ng.com.
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