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Nigeria Opportunities Industrialization Centers (NOIC)
DATE ESTABLISHED 1970
ORGANIZATION OVERVIEWNOIC was the first OIC program to be developed outside of the United States. Visiting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1968 for medical treatment, Dr. Folorunsho Salawu, the Nigerian founder of NOIC, learned of the success Rev. Leon Sullivan’s OIC America was having in providing job-skills training to disadvantaged American youth. Dr. Salawu invited Rev. Sullivan and other OIC executives to visit Nigeria, and NOIC was established in Lagos in 1970.
Nigeria OIC offers vocational, technical, and agricultural skills training and small-enterprise development support to over a thousand economically disadvantaged youth each year. With program fees much lower than at similar institutions, NOIC’s training programs are highly sought after and waiting lists are often long. Financial support for the programs comes from student fees, corporate donors, and national, intergovernmental, and international humanitarian assistance agencies.
PROGRAMSNOIC offers training in a variety of skills sets coupled with agricultural enhancement education and microcredit formation. Specifically, courses are offered in:
- Refrigeration
- Air conditioning
- Metal fabrication
- Electronics
- Carpentry
- Auto mechanics
- Fashion design
- Hotel catering
- Secretarial studies
- Computer studies
- Snail farming
- Fish farming
- Agricultural development
- Animal husbandry
- Microcredit lending
- Entrepreneurship
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OIC International
1500 Walnut Street
Suite 1304
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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info@oici.org
PH. 215.842.0220
FX. 215.842.2276
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