Mr Abubakar said, henceforth, requests for registration by socio-cultural groups and organisations would not be granted by the CAC without a certificate of security screening and clearance of their Board of Trustees members.
The CAC chief disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja while briefing reporters on the activities of the Commission.
The Commission, he said, would not process the requests for registration of groups whose activities would constitute a threat to national security. Companies covered under Part C of the CAMA are those set up not with the purpose of sharing its profits to members but registered strictly either as social, cultural, educational, development or other purposes.
He said security agencies have in recent times expressed serious concerns about the proliferation of some of the controversial organizations whose activities have constituted a source worry to both the government and Nigerians at large. Under that arrangement, the CAC boss said, applicants must submit an application for consent by providing the names of their trustees, the objects of the association for scrutiny by the CAC and recommendation made to the Registrar-General for registration.
On concerns about cost, he said the motivation for proper screening of the trustees was not money, as the total number of applications under Part C out of CAMA in the country is about 150,000 against over two million companies and businesses that seek registration.
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