insight from CIVIL SOCIETY suggested amendments to the part C of CAMA

The Nigeria Network of NGOs (NNNGO) is the first generic membership body for civil society organizations in Nigeria that facilitates effective advocacy on issues of poverty and other developmental issues.

For 25 years, we have worked to give non-profits in the country the needed support to keep their doors open and to serve millions of communities, families, individuals and variety of causes that critically need their intervention. As of June 2017, we have a membership of over 2,400 organisations. In 2016 alone, 442 of these organisations had a combined budget estimate of over 1billion Naira (N1, 033, 000,000)

This 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.

Evidence for this amendment is gathered from respondents to a national consultation within our membership, open for a period of one month during February 2017. The online (telephone) and face-to-face consultations with our members sought the opinions and experiences of non-profits regarding sections of the Part C of CAMA needing amendments. The amendments we have suggested in this document make reference to 777 comments generated by the consultation, made by 379 organisations from 34 States covering the 6 geo-political zones of the country .