Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research

Central Laboratory

The Central Laboratory is a chemical testing Laboratory located at the annex building of NIOMR, Victoria Island, Lagos. It was established in 2010 and was commissioned in 2012. The Laboratory’s facilities are both ISO 17025:2005 Accredited and DPR certified. It is well staffed with a head of Lab, Lab analysts and attendants.

The laboratory was set up to meet ever-growing research needs of its staff as well as that of the general public. The laboratory provides researchers with inexpensive, high quality testing services in agricultural and environmental research activities. High quality testing enables researchers obtain dependable results for their research projects, while low cost allows researchers meet the expense of the large number of tests necessary in agricultural and environmental research, and to compete successfully for project funding.