Over 1,500 health professionals under the Environmental Health Council of Nigeria have not been paid salaries in the last 20 months.
The inability of the council to pay stemmed from the directive of the Federal Government to cut off funding from certain agencies of government.
Environmental Health Council of Nigeria, established by Act 11 of 2002 as amended, is Nigeria’s primary body overseeing environmental health regulations and a wide range of activities that prevent the spread of diseases.
In 2014, during the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria, environmental health officers played a vital role in the fight against the virus.