Janet Ogundepo Over-dependence on the importation of laboratory equipment and lack of government support, the Society of Testing Laboratory Analysts of Nigeria, said is affecting the sector negatively Speaking at the opening ceremony of the sixth annual Conference of Public Analysts, themed, ‘Optimising Laboratory Analytics and Quality Assurance in the Present Economy, the president of SoTLAN and Chairman of the Defunct 6 th Governing Council of the Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria Council, Professor Olugbenga Ogunmoyela, highlighted the significant events of the past year, including the government’s withdrawal of funding from professional agencies and the dissolution of the Governing Council. Prof Ogunmoyela He said the government’s directive and the removal of fuel and electricity subsidies prevented the usual interim presidential committee from functioning optimally. IPAN is a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Health and was established by the IPAN Act CAP.
I16 LFN 2004 to train, examine, register public analysts and regulate their practice, while SoTLAN is the professional arm and non-governmental association of Public Analysts in Nigeria. PUNCH Healthwise earlier reported on the association’s plea to the Federal Government to reconstitute IPAN’s governing council and pay off the salary arrears of affected staff without further delay. In June 2023, the President, Bola Tinubu dissolved the governing boards of all Federal Government parastatals, agenc.
