The Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON) established by Decree 91 of 1993 (now ICCON ACT, CAP I.12 LFN 2004), is a professional regulatory body statutorily charged with the responsibility of regulating the teaching and professional practice of Chemistry profession in Nigeria. ICCON is under the Federal Ministry of Health.
Since 1946 when Nigeria’s first chemistry graduate, the late Professor Stephen Oluwole Awokoya bagged his BSc from the University of London, the country has produced generations of chemists for various sectors of the economy. But there was yet no government recognized (chartered) body to regulate the practice of chemists in Nigeria.
The agitation by Nigerian Chemists to get chartered can be traced back to the early 1980s. This clamour, which was mainly under the aegis of the Chemical Society of Nigeria (CSN), reached a climax in 1992 when the CSN, under the Presidency of a renowned Environmental Chemist, Prof. Oladele Osibanjo mandated one of its founding fathers and senior Fellows, Mr. Daniel Alifa Akoh to prepare a position paper to be presented to the Federal Government, outlining the role of chemists in Nigeria’s socio-economic development.
The decade – long campaign finally bore fruit in 1993 when Decree 91 establishing ICCON was signed into law by erstwhile military President, General Ibrahim Babangida. Subsequently, the Institute’s we Council was under the Chairmanship of the renowned Professor of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Prof. Oladele Osibanjo who was inaugurated in April 2001 by the then Minister of Health, Prof. A.B.C Nwosu while the first Registrar, Mrs. Gladys Eke was appointed in 2003.
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Our Vision: The ICCON vision is “to recreate situations around us that will impact positively on the nation while providing professional protection to our members.”
Our Mission: To put in place a regulatory framework/strategies for the practice of the Chemistry profession
To define the roles and responsibilities of professional Chemists and their place in the society
To bring to light how Nigeria’s economy can be recreated positively through Chemistry.
Our Mandate: ICCON is statutorily charged with the responsibility to regulate the teaching, learning, and standard best practice of Chemistry
For more info, visit www.iccon.gov.ng
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