Industrial Growth Centre, Onitsha
Norwegian technical assistance for an integrated industrial project at Onitsha, Nigeria, during the reconstruction after the Nigerian Civil War. The founder of the office was the architect on the Norwegian consultant team.
The project was Norwegian government assistance to the reconstruction of East Central State after the Nigerian Civil War. An agreement between Norway and Nigeria dated 3 July 1973 set the framework for planning an integrated industrial project at Onitsha.
The Norwegian work was carried out by a consultant team from Trondheim under FIVU, the Secretariat for Industrial Promotion Abroad. The founder of the office was the architect, working with Norwegian consulting, electrical and mechanical engineers. The Nigerian team was led by an architect in Enugu, with local consultants for structure, electrical work and quantity surveying.
