•Desires military, police, others to undertake home tech merchandise to struggle insecurity
Juliet Akoje in Abuja
The Home of Representatives has urged the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria to not implement the Revised Pointers for Verification dated February 7, 2023, pending the investigation by the lawmakers.
It has additionally mandated its Home Committees on Well being Establishments and Legislative Compliance to analyze the controversy surrounding the rules and report back to the Home inside six weeks.
These resolutions adopted the adoption of a movement of pressing public significance on the pressing must cease the implementation of the rules moved by Hon. Dr. Patrick Umoh at plenary yesterday.
He Additional famous that the revised pointers, amongst others, stipulates that candidates for verification should have a minimal of two years publish qualification expertise from the date of issuance of everlasting observe licence; receive a letter of fine standing from the Chief Govt Officer of applicant’s place of business and the final coaching establishment attended, and that processing of utility shall take a minimal of six months.
“The Nationwide Meeting is the physique empowered by the structure to make legal guidelines for the nation, and the requirement of two years post-qualification expertise by the Nursing and Midwifery Council is to legislate by the again door, and due to this fact a usurpation of the powers of the Nationwide Meeting.
“The requirement that candidates for verification should receive a letter of fine standing from the Chief Govt Officer of applicant’s place of business is able to creating compelled labour and modem slavery as applicant might be compelled to be topic to the whims and caprices of applicant’s employer,” he argued.
The Home thereafter mandated its committees on well being establishments and legislative compliance to make sure compliance with the decision.
In the meantime , the Home has urged the Nigerian Military, Police, Division of State Service (DSS) and the Nationwide Intelligence Company (NIA) to speedily collaborate and undertake tech merchandise of home businesses as Nigerian Communications Satellite tv for pc (NIGCOMSAT), Nationwide House Analysis Improvement Company (NASRDA) and Nationwide Data Expertise Improvement Company (NITDA) to struggle insecurity in Nigeria.
This decision adopted the adoption of a movement on the Have to Undertake House Grown Technological Resolution and Incorporate Home Expertise Service Suppliers Businesses in preventing Insecurity in Nigeria moved by Hon. Mohammed Bio at plenary on Tuesday.
Bio famous that Nigeria was battling all types of insecurity starting from banditry, terrorism and kidnapping, including that just lately in Kogi, Ekiti, Lagos, Zamfara, Kaduna, Taraba, Nasarawa States, residents have been kidnapped, ransom demanded and a few killed, together with the three Kings in Ekiti, Kwara and the younger ones in Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
He knowledgeable that options to unravel insecurity are recognized to be in tripartite nature of intelligence gathering, surveillance and communication for safety businesses.
The lawmaker expressed fear over non-adoption of home-grown tech merchandise and non-integration of home tech service supplier businesses by the safety businesses preventing insecurity ravaging the nation.
