A few questions about how you'll run and own the business, turned into the CAC structure that most readers in your situation register — with the guide to match.
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You bring a few simple details about your situation — never a NIN, BVN, passport number, bank or card details:
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A business name under Part C of CAMA 2020 is a registered trading identity; a limited company under Part A is a separate legal person. The decision turns on liability, tax, banking treatment, and ongoing compliance load, not on price alone.
Two routes lead to the same outcome under Part C of CAMA 2020. The company's own representative can submit directly at pre.cac.gov.ng, or an accredited agent (chartered secretary, lawyer, or chartered accountant) can submit on the company's behalf. Both are first-class.
A Part A limited company under CAMA 2020 takes more pre-portal homework than a Part C business name. Five decisions land before the iCRP portal can do anything useful with the application.
NGO is not its own legal form under Nigerian law. The reader's NGO has to register as one of three CAMA 2020 structures, and which one fits depends on what the NGO is actually doing, who it answers to, and how it intends to fund itself.
CAMA 2020 splits registrable entities into six common types. Each carries its own documentary bundle, identifier load, and consent path. Knowing which type you are registering tells you what every other CAC article you read needs to assume.