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Long title: An Act to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women; by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the Act; by assisting and encouraging the States in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions; by providing for research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health; and for other ...
An Act to consolidate and amend the laws regulating the occupational safety, health and working conditions of the persons employed in an establishment. Citation Act No. 37 of 2020 (PDF) , archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is a federal agency under the Ministry. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The agency was established in 2011 with the assistance of the US Centers for Disease Control . [ 15 ] Furthermore, there's the Health System Strengthening division whose mandate is to plan for human resource development in health.
[1]: 12, 16 The United States Congress established the agency under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), which President Richard M. Nixon signed into law on December 29, 1970. OSHA's mission is to "assure safe and healthy working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training ...
[138] [139] The main statutory legislation on health and safety in the jurisdiction of the Department of Employment and Labour is the OHS Act or OHSA (Act No. 85 of 1993: Occupational Health and Safety Act, as amended by the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act, No. 181 of 1993). [138] Regulations implementing the OHS Act include: [140]
Unlike its counterpart, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, NIOSH's authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act [29 CFR § 671] is to "develop recommendations for health and safety standards", to "develop information on safe levels of exposure to toxic materials and harmful physical agents and substances", and to "conduct research on new safety and health problems".
The Labour Act of 2004 also has an exception that states that any establishment which employs fewer than 50 workers does not have to abide to the Nigerian minimum wage. In 2019, a new implementation for an increase to more than 50,000 Naira was advocated but later settled to 30,000 Naira which has commenced payment at that rate.
On 1 January 1994, NAFDAC was officially established as a parastatal of the federal ministry of health. [ 6 ] NAFDAC replaced an earlier federal ministry of health body, the Directorate of Food and Drug Administration and Control, which had been deemed ineffective, partially because of a lack of laws concerning fake drugs.