About Us

The Federal Nigeria Society for the Blind (FNSB) is a voluntary non-governmental organization which was established in 1955 following the collaborative efforts of the renowned Governor James Robertson, G.L Ademola, Late Sir Kofo Abayomi, Ambassador Aduke Alakija and Late Chief S.L. Edu, all of blessed memory. Our Founding Trustees were a diverse and dynamic trio: Most Reverend Leo Hale Taylor, Dr. Akinola Maja and Muhammed-Lawal B. Agusto.

Since then, the FNSB has been widely regarded and recognized as one of the topmost organizations in West Africa responsible for the catering of those who go blind in adolescence or adulthood, thus being a foremost boarding institution for the re-orientation, rehabilitation and training of the blind.

In 1956, the Vocational Training Centre was set up to provide training for the students. The training encompasses Braille reading and Writing, Music, Drama , Sports, Bag-Making, Bead-Making, Basket-Weaving, Sandal-Making, Soap-Making, Mobility and to cook, iron, make their beds, and navigate around a house on their own. Students are either at the Centre for either a one-year FastTrack programme or a two-year programme where they can spend more time on perfecting vocational skills.

The Centre is a boarding institution which has a capacity for 60-100 students who enroll for either 1 or 2 years and caters for a wide age range of trainees from 15-85 years. No one who attends the Centre goes back home the same. The institution helps to instill confidence, restore lost hope and prepare students for either higher education, to go back to their suspended profession or empower them to start up their own businesses profession or many success stories and impacted the lives of over 2000 Nigerians in our facilities located at Oshodi.