The Federal Government inaugurated guidelines to bring back house to house inspection, control of public health pests and vector infestation for environmental health professionals in the country.
The Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, inaugurated the guidelines for pest control, premises inspection, decontamination and disinfection of microbial and chemical impacted surfaces in Abuja.
The exercise was organised by Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria.
Ikeazor, represented by Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Hassan Musa, said that the guidelines would help for effective discharge of duty by the officers of environmental health in the country.
She said that the guideline would also offered the officers the power for enforcement and surveillance as well as preventing spread of contaminated diseases in the country.
She urged both the state and local government levels of the environmental health officers to support by ensuring that the guidelines were put into practice effectively.