NAFRC

Nigeria Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC) dates back to the post World War II era when the British Colonial Government under the auspices of the West African Frontier Force (WAFF) established 2 Vocational Resettlement Centres in West Africa; one in Nigeria and the other in Ghana. The Centres were charged with the responsibility of imparting skills relevant to the resettlement needs of the colonial West African ex-servicemen. The advent of the Nigerian Civil War also necessitated the hurried recruitment of able-bodied Nigerians into the non-commissioned cadre of the Armed Forces, mainly the Nigerian Army, irrespective of academic qualifications. At the end of the war, there was the need to rehabilitate and prepare these soldiers for integration into productive civilian life. To meet these needs, the Vocational Resettlement Centre in Nigeria was upgraded to rehabilitate the disabled soldiers of the civil war. Hence, the Centre became more of an Army establishment and was then known as the Nigerian Army Rehabilitation Centre.

By the early 1980s, virtually all the demobilised soldiers had been rehabilitated and there was again the need to review the mandate of the Centre. Therefore, in 1982, the Centre was re-designated NAFRC with the mandate to conduct vocational training for discharging able-bodied armed forces personnel and those with little disability. The Centre has evolved over time from a Rehabilitation Centre for demobilised soldiers to a Resettlement Centre equipped with vocational and skills acquisition facilities. The Centre also conducts the Senior Officers Entrepreneurship and Management Training.