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Read MoreNONPROFIT SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOLSCheck out our Nonprofit Self-Assessment Tool (NOPSAT) to find out how efficient your Nonprofit work is. With NOPSAT, you can easily learn better ways of implementing your activities in line with global best practices. Start Checking!! -
Read More2018 SECTOR-WIDE
CONFERENCE ON
FATF-R8 REPORTOn March 28, 2018, over 200 participants
from across the country attended the
sector-wide conference themed
Implementation of AML/CFT Standards for
the Non-Profit Organisations, (NPOs) Sector
in Nigeria... -
FAFT-R8 REGIONAL WORKSHOP
REPORTThe Nigeria Network of Non- Governmental
Organizations (NNNGO) in collaboration with the
Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML)
organised two regional workshops themed, Effective
Implementation AML/CFT Requirements in the NPO
Sector in Nigeria.Read More -
Read More17th Annual Conference and
25th Anniversary of Nigeria
Network of NGOs (Report)The 17th Annual conference of the Nigeria Network
of NGOs has come and gone. However, much like the
sixteen previous conferences held in the past years by
the Network, it did not pass without meaningfully
impacting the over 200 participants present at the
event. -
Read MoreSUGGESTED AMENDMENT
TO THE PART C OF CAMAThis document concentrates on the amendments our
membership is suggesting to the Part C of the
Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA). These suggestions are informed by the NNNGO's specialist knowledge of the non-profit sector as well as by non-
state actors who deliver development outcomes to communities throughout the Federation. -
Read MoreINSIGHTS FROM THE CIVIL
SOCIETY SECTOR ON THE
PART C OF CAMAAs we initiated this process, we sought to engage with
regulators in an effective manner within a culture of
mutual trust. We sought to explore through this
relationship how best we can work with regulators to
improve our field of play. Through this exploration,
we developed an epoch making robust partnership
with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in a way
that history was made and cannot be ignored when it
comes to civil society-government relationship. -
Read MoreLEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF
NOT-FOR-PROFIT
ORGANIZATIONSThe legal framework for non-governmental organizations
in Nigeria stems from the provision of the Constitution
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 which recognizes
the right to peaceful assembly and association.
The Companies and Allied Matters Act, Cap C20, Laws of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004 (“CAMA”), is the
principal legislation that regulates corporate entities
registered in Nigeria and the Corporate Affairs
Commission (the “Commission” or “CAC”) is the
supervisory regulatory body for registered corporate
entities. -
Read MoreNGO SELF REGULATIONOver the years and since the unprecedented boom of the
civil society in Nigeria, there have been calls for CSO
accountability and transparency in carrying out their
activities especially with expansion and continued
alliances with domestic and foreign donors for funding.
It is believed amongst government quarters that some
NGOs use their platforms to launder funds received from
donors and so the government in particular is seeking to
regulate their activities. Some NGOs have been set up
with the main purpose of taking advantage of foreign
funds meant for development work.