Nigeria, Oct. 24 -- The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the National Assembly to withdraw a proposed bill seeking to establish the Nutritionists Registration Council of Nigeria, warning that it could marginalise indigenous food knowledge and create legal uncertainty around traditional nutritional practices.

HURIWA said the bill, sponsored by Chike Okafor, a member of the House of Representatives representing Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo Federal Constituency, requires a fundamental reconsideration because of its proposed regulatory powers and the absence of adequate safeguards for traditional and family-based nutritional knowledge.

The association made the call in a statement issued on Friday by its Natio...