Dietician petitions senate over controversial bill.
The Institute of Dietetics in Nigeria (IDN) has petitioned the Senate President requesting the National Assembly to halt the passage of the bill titled “Dietitian Council of Nigeria Bill 2016 Bill” into law,
though having a bill that would regulate the practice of dietetics in Nigeria had been its top priority over the years, the current situation whereby a faction of the professionals in the field would be the one championing the move for selfish reason is worrisome.
According to the petitioner, the controversial bill had already passed through the first and second reading at the House of Representatives saying only the senate can stop it from becoming a law.
“We discovered that proponent of the controversial bill was a breakaway faction of dieticians from our professional body formerly known as Nigeria Dietetics Association of Nigeria (NDA) which metamorphosed into IDN and to which all members subscribed to.
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