Join the chapter
How to join
As a certified Doctor of Optometry practicing in Lagos, joining the NOA, Lagos Chapter is as easy as filling out our membership form (find below). Your application for membership is validated after you must have paid your first State dues (See annual subscription for members).
Annual dues
Two subscriptions are paid to the association each year, plus board dues to the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board of Nigeria through Remita.
₦10,000
₦10,000
National dues is ₦10,000
Account name: Nigerian Optometric Association
1010289876
Zenith Bank
Deadline is December 31, every year. Please send your evidence of payment to the National Financial Secretary, Dr. Genevieve +234 814 020 1170
State dues is ₦10,000
Account name: Nigerian Optometric Association Lagos Chapter
1015966475
Zenith Bank
Deadline is December 31, every year.
Please send your evidence of payment to the financial secretary, Dr. Abada 0809 968 9126.
Payment of Board dues is via remita.net. Follow the link and type OPTOMETRISTS AND DISPENSING OPTICIANS BOARD OF NIGERIA in the “who do you want to pay” textbox.
The new rates for board dues applies now.
Please send your evidence of payment to odobniger@yahoo.com
Practice guidelines
Three procedures every member deals with sooner or later, set out as the Board and the association require them.
Registering a clinic
6 steps
- Register a name with the CAC.
- Get a suitable location with a space of 400m from another optometric practice.
- Register practice with the Board.
- Register facility with HEFAMAA.
- Have the practice inspected by the board and HEFAMAA
- Have the practice inspected and accredited by HEFAMAA.
Running a vision screening
6 steps
- Purpose of Screening should be clearly stated.
- Personnel involved must be professionals who are in good standing with the Board.
- No fee attached to the Screening
- Screening should be done in rural areas where there are no available clinics.
- Screening must be approved by both NOA and the Board.
- Screening should involve – Eye health talk, Visusl acuity testing, Ophthalmoscopy, Tonometry
Interning and mentorship
8 steps
- Complete your academic training at a certified university.
- Induction of new Optometrist by the registered board of Optometrist and Dispensing Optician board.
- Begin application to a registered optometric practice approved by the board.
- Acceptance at the practice and approved by the board.
- Begin internship, register your presence in the State you are located
- Begin your mentoring program in the state.
- Fill your daily activities during your internship and sign off weekly with your supervisor.
- After a year of interning,obtain your letter from place of internship, with approved letter from State association for clearance before proceeding to the board for final clearance.
Already paid your dues?
Then you do not pay again. Every optometrist the chapter holds on its register already has an entry on this site — claiming it is how you check what we hold, complete it, and decide what the public sees. It takes about three minutes and costs nothing.
New to the chapter
Pay your first state dues, then send your evidence of payment to the financial secretary at noalagos@gmail.com. Membership is confirmed once the payment is recorded against your name.