RE: CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) IN COLLABORATION WITH NBA-SBL INVITES STAKEHOLDERS AND LAWYERS TO ITS STAKEHOLDERS' FORUMS HOLDING VIRTUALLY AT LAGOS ISLAND AND MAINLAND.
Dear Sir/Ma’am, Greetings. Trust you are great. This is to invite you to attend the virtual sessions of the above event scheduled to hold on Wednesday, 13th October and Thursday, 14th October, 2021 at 11am each for both the Lagos Island and Mainland, respectively. kindly see below the Zoom link to join the session on the respective days/time. https://bit.ly/cac-virtual-forum Futhermore, you can save the event dates for easy notifications by downloading and importing the following calendar files (via the link below) to your calendar system. (e.…
CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) PUBLIC NOTICE
Good Day, COMMENCEMENT OF REGISTRATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS (LLPs) AND LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS (LPs) AND DEPLOYMENT OF THE REGISTRATION SOLUTIONS ON COMPANY REGISTRATION PORTAL (CRP) The Commission wishes to inform its esteemed Customers and the General Public that it has commenced the registration of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) and Limited Partnerships (LPs). To this end, it has deployed the registration interfaces for LLPs and LPs on the Company Registration Portal (CRP). Customers and members of the General Public wishin…
CAC REMINDER ON REVALIDATION OF ACCREDITED AGENTS: UPDATE FROM NBA.
Dear Colleagues, Please find attached an update from the NBA regarding engagements with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in connection with CAC’s directive and recent reminder that accredited agents should revalidate their status with the CAC. Be assured that the leadership of the NBA will continue to intervene on this and other related issues affecting lawyers dealing with the CAC. Dr. Rapulu Nduka Publicity Secretary Nigerian Bar Association.
NBA TASKFORCE ON CAC: COMPLAINTS MONITORING.
Dear Colleagues, Recall that the NBA President in a quest to holistically address the challenges that users of the services of the Corporate Affairs Commission face had set up a Task Force on CAC under the leadership of Mr. Ayuli Jemide. The Task Force has continued to liaise with the CAC on service levels and other related matters. To enable the NBA-CAC Task Force ascertain the progress made so far and the current state of CAC's services, the Task Force hereby requests that all lawyers who have any unresolved complaints lodged via any of…
PAPER ON THE USE OF THE CAC PORTAL, SERIES 2: MONDAY 12TH APRIL, 2021, FEMALE LAWYER’S FORUM, IKORODU.
I thank the Almighty God, my creator, the creator of mankind and the universe and I also want to appreciate the Female Lawyer’s Forum leaders for this great oppuntinuity that is been given to me. The new CAC online registration has given a lot of lawyers, difficulties and by God's grace, I will break it down to the simplest way. The Corporate Affairs Commissions (CAC) introduced online electronic registration of companies sometime around 2016. The introduction of the online registration was a welcome idea because of the stress of the ph…
CAC DIRECTIVE ON REVALIDATION OF ACCREDITED AGENTS: THE POSITION OF THE NBA.
Dear Colleagues, Please find attached the position of the NBA regarding the recent directive of the Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) requiring accredited agents of the CAC, including Legal Practitioners, to revalidate their status with the CAC upon payment of a fee. Be assured that the leadership of the NBA will continue to intervene on this and other related issues affecting lawyers dealing with the CAC. Dr. Rapulu Nduka Publicity Secretary, Nigerian Bar Association.
DISCLAIMER! - RE: VALIDATION OF COMPANIES, BUSINESS NAMES AND INCORPORATED TRUSTEES ACCOUNTS.
The attention of the Commission has been drawn to a write-up making the rounds on social media and stating that the Commission has requested all Companies, Business Names and Incorporated Trustees to “validate” their accounts on or before March 31, 2021 failing which the entities would be "deleted and assumed not to be in existence”. The write-up stated further that the “validation” is to be done “using a paid service” on search.cac.gov.ng with any feedback to be sent to spucac.gov.ng . The Commission wishes to state categorically that i…
CAC REQUESTS REGISTERED BUSINESSES TO VALIDATE THEIR ACCOUNTS.
Dear Esteemed Professional Colleagues, I hope this message meets you well? I write with respect to the recent request by the Corporate Affairs Commission for registered businesses (i.e. Limited Liability Companies, Enterprises and Associations) to validate their accounts with the CAC. Currently, the status of all registered businesses have been put on inactive mode; by default. What is expected is that every business should visit search.cac.gov.ng to validate their businesses using a paid service. When you visit the site, follow the step by s…
CAC TO DEREGISTER INACTIVE COMPANES AFTER 10 YEARS.
On this day, January 18, 2021, the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, has said the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA 2020) empowers the commission to deregister companies that have been inactive for 10 years. Speaking in Abuja recently, Alhaji Abubakar disclosed that many registered companies have been declared inactive for their failure to submit their audited financial returns or transactions. He said CAC has provided the operational status of all registered companies, whether active or i…
