The Federal Government is set to commence the enforcement of the sanitary law with the constitution of mobile courts to try offenders.
The Registrar of the Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON), Dr Yakubu Baba, disclosed this on Wednesday when he visited the News Agency of Nigeria. (NAN)
He said the enforcement exercise would commence in July, adding that mobile courts would ensure speedy resolution of cases.
Baba said most cases involving environmental health could not be adequately handled in the conventional courts due to the perculiaty of the sector.
The registrar said the enforcement activities were part of the council’s efforts to launch the rebranding of environmental health service in the country.
Baba said the amendment of the council’s law in 2022 gave it ” power to bite because we had teeth before but we could not bite.
Baba, who decried the old practice where environmental officers were ” Jack of all trade and master of none, ” added that its personnel would now specialise in one field.
