O.D.(Doctor of Optometry),/minimum qualification into public service.( At the 43rd National Council of Establishment meeting, Abuja

First ever nationwide CSR project (My Sight, My Right) of the NOA launched in Owerri (February 2018). NOA@50 golden Jubilee event celebrated in Abuja (2018).

Nigerian College of Optometrists is instituted. ODORBN adopts the code of conduct for all professionals under its jurisdiction (2010).

NOA celebrates her silver jubilee in Lagos. The same year, the Fellowship of the NOA was instituted. Also, the first Oath-taking/swearing-in ceremony for new optometrists in Nigeria conducted at the Abia State University. The NOA Code of Ethics is adopted on November 11, 1995). Special OD conversion programme instituted at the University of Benin. Internship training for new optometrists instituted in Nigeria (1996).

The National University Commissions (NUC) adopts OD as the minimum qualification for optometry. Later that year, Decree 34 of 1989 (Now Cap 09, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004) gave statutory backing to the practice of Optometry in Nigeria.

The Nigerian Optical Association (NOA) is formed in Lagos (1968). The first indigenous training institution of Optometry is founded at the University of Benin (1972). The Nigerian Optical Association is rechristened to the Nigerian Optometric Association in 1975. In 1976, the First Scientific Conference of the NOA was held at YMCA, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Dr Phillips Ekundayo becomes the first British trained Nigerian optometrist. By the 1940the s, number of trained optometrists grew to seventeen.