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FURTHER NOTICE ON MANUAL SUBMISSION OF POST-INCORPORATION/REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS

The Commission by Public Notice dated April 1st, 2021, published on its website on April 2nd, 2021 notified the General Public and its Esteemed Customers of the closure of the window on manual submission of post-incorporation applications, while exempting certain post-incorporation applications pending the conclusion of the interfaces for their submission on the Company Registration Portal (CRP). The exempted post incorporation applications were –

1. Alteration of Memorandum & Articles of Association (by courier service)

2. Schedule 14: Form of Statement to be filed by Banks, Insurance Companies as well as Deposit and Provident Companies (schedule 14@cac.gov.ng)

3. Amendment of Constitution (by courier service)

4. Bi-annual Statement for Incorporate Trustees (biannualstatementit@.cac.gov.ng)

Further to the above, the Commission wishes to inform the General Public and its Esteemed Customers that it shall, in addition, continue to accept manual submission of the following post-incorporation applications through the respective e-mail addresses pending deployment of the interfaces for their submission on the Company Registration Portal:

1. Certified True Copy (CTC) of Certificate of Incorporation/Registration for Companies, Business Names and Incorporated Trustees (ctccertificate@cac.gov.ng)

2. CTC of Memorandum of Association (ctcmemart@cac.gov.ng)

3. CTC of Constitution (ctcconstitution@cac.gov.ng)

4. CTC of Audited Financial Statement (ctcauditfinancialstatement@cac.gov.ng)

5. Historical Search Report on Directors’/Officers’ information searchdirectorhistory@cac.gov.ng)

6. Historical Search Report on Shareholding information (searchshareholdinghistory@cac.gov.ng)

7. Historical Search Report on Charges, Debentures, Memorandum of Satisfaction (searchencumbrancehistory@cac.gov.ng)

8. Allotment of Shares for Companies with Unissued Share Capital (allotment@cac.gov.ng)

9. Surrender of Shares to Company as gift (surrendershares@cac.gov.ng)

10. Restriction of Address (restrictaddress@cac.gov.ng)

11. Extension of Time for holding Annual General Meeting (agmtimeextension@cac.gov.ng)

12. Voluntary Striking-off (voluntarystrikeoff@cac.gov.ng)

13. Relisting of Company (relistingofcompany@cac.gov.ng)

14. Notice of Exemption of Foreign Company (exemptionofforeigncompany@cac.gov.ng)

The commission also stated that all applications must be submitted through the designated e-mail addresses and accompanied same with evidence of payment of applicable fees The said prescribed fees are provided for in the Schedule of Fees in the Companies Regulations 2021. This is a welcome development within the business space, as it will not only foster business relations, it will also massively impact on the ease of doing business in Nigeria.