Nigeria, July 10 -- The House of Representatives has taken steps to strengthen the regulation of Nigeria's nutrition profession by advancing a bill seeking to establish the Nutritionists Registration Council of Nigeria.

The proposed legislation, titled "A Bill for an Act to Provide for the Establishment of the Nutritionists Registration Council of Nigeria and for Related Matters," scaled second reading during Thursday's plenary and was subsequently referred to the relevant House committee for further legislative consideration.

Sponsored by Chike Okafor (APC, Imo), the bill seeks to create a statutory regulatory body responsible for overseeing the practice of nutrition in Nigeria through the registration, licensing and regulation of prac...