Rural Affairs Institute for Development

About Rural Affairs Institute for Development (RAID)

The Rural Affairs Institute for Development (RAID) is a professional development and training institute established to build the knowledge, skills and competencies required to improve rural livelihoods, institutions, enterprises and sustainable development.
RAID was formally registered with the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in 2018 as a Company Limited by Guarantee, following the issuance of an Instrument of Authorization by the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and approval by the Federal Ministry of Education as a Training Institute.
The Institute provides practical training in professions and development-related fields that contribute to improved rural livelihoods, productive institutions and community development. Its programmes are designed to equip learners with practical, employable and development-oriented competencies, leading to the award of Certificates of Competence. RAID commenced its operations following its authorization and continues to serve as a platform for developing the people, skills and institutions needed to make rural development work.

Rural Affairs Institute for Development (RAID) is the foremost Rural Trust Institute focusing on governance trust, service trust, financial trust, data trust, and assurance systems for communities, cooperatives, institutions, and local governments.

RAID is a competence-based professional development and applied learning institution providing practical training, certification, field-based capacity development, and implementation competence in rural development, development portfolios, sustainability, local development, agriculture, circular economy, and institutional management. Training programs are aligned to ISO 21001 and ISO 37101.