[further explanation needed] Its statutory mandate includes regulating the teaching, learning, and professional practice of chemistry in Nigeria.
Due to General Sani Abacha suspending the operations of all boards and governing councils of all federal parastatals in the country, ICCON did not have its first substantive registrar until 2003, when Gladys Eke was appointed.
The first governing council that was elected in 1995 was inaugurated in April 2001 after the return to civil rule in Nigeria under the Olusegun Obasanjo regime.
The Federal Government of Nigeria confirmed the appointment of Wilford Zungkat Jwalshik as the substantive Registrar and CEO of the ICCON on 1 June 2018.
Such criteria include the payment of annual dues and attendance at the institute's Mandatory Continuing Professional Development (MCPD) training programmes.
A Chartered Chemist is a person who, having obtained the requisite academic qualifications and satisfied the criteria set by the institute's Governing Council, has been formally inducted into and enrolled in the register of ICCON.