Apply In-Person

1. To apply for Registration of Trustees in person, the applicant needs to visit the office of the Securities And Exchange Commission (SEC). The address and contact details of the Corporation can be found in the following link: contact link
2. Visit the office and obtain an application for Registration of Trustees from the relevant department. Or download from here: Application Form
3. Complete the application forms with appropriate information under relevant sections. Attest it with your signature once completed.
4. Once completed filling the application form, make sure that you attached all the documents listed in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. Then, submit it in person to the relevant authority at the office. Make the stipulated payment as directed by the officials.
6. After submission, the application and other documents will be forwarded for examination and verification processes.
7. Once the verification and validation processes are over, the application will be approved and the officials will proceed to take required steps to issue the Permit.
8. When the document is ready to be collected, the applicant will be notified by the office and the applicant can collect it by any applicable means.

• A copy each of the following, duly certified by the CAC.
• Certificate of Incorporation.
• Memorandum and Articles of Association– this should include the power to perform the specified function.
• CAC Form(s) showing Statement of Share Capital, Return of Allotment, and Particulars of Directors.

Note: the original copy of the certificate is to be presented for sighting by an authorized officer of the SEC

• Latest audited accounts or audited statement of affairs of the company. Note that the cash assets ratio shall be 60% liquid assets and 40% fixed and other assets.
• Sworn undertaking to keep proper records and render returns as may be specified by the Commission from time to time signed by a director or the company secretary (to be notarized).
• Sworn undertaking to abide by SEC Rules and Regulations and Investments and Securities Act No.29 of 2007 by a director or the company secretary (to be notarized).
  

Note: The Commission may require such other documents as it considers necessary for registration.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - Head Office
SEC Towers,
Plot 272, Samuel Adesujo Ademulegun Street,
Central Business District ,<br Abuja, FCT Nijeria
Tel: +234 (0) 94621100; +234 (0) 94621168
Email: sec@sec.gov.ng
Website: Link

SEC NIGERIA e-Portal :Link

The Commission will only register a body corporate if it is satisfied that the rules of the body corporate make satisfactory provisions.

• The individuals must be fit and proper persons to operate in the market.
• Satisfactory police reports
• Satisfactory referees’ reports (banker and immediate previous employer’s reports)

• Filing/Application Fee – N50,000 (Fifty Thousand Naira)
• Processing Fee – N200,000 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira)
• Registration Fee – N500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira)
• Sponsored Individual Fee – N50,000 (Fifty Thousand Naira) for each sponsored individual

• Usually, the renewal of registration is every two years.
  

Application Form :Application Form

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
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• An application for registration will only be considered as having been filed when all document (s)/information have been completed.
• Every applicant Company/Firm will be inspected in the course of processing an application for registration

• Full postal addresses of immediate previous employers, bankers (with Current Account number) and nominated referees of sponsored individuals;
• Detailed curriculum vitae of sponsored individuals and Directors which should include details of activities arranged from Secondary School to date with dates; (all gap in employment and educational history should be explained);
• Copies of credentials of sponsored individuals including secondary school and NYSC discharge certificates; originals will be required for sighting by the SEC;
• Evidence from the Sponsored Individuals of having the minimum of four years post-graduation experience to perform the Trusteeship and Compliance function as stipulated by the Commission`s Rules and Regulations;
• Police clearance report for each Sponsored Individual. (Each sponsored individual is to report at the SEC head office in Abuja or the Lagos zonal office with two recent passport photographs to commence the process);
• Copy of means Identification of the Directors and the Sponsored Individuals of the Company (International Passport, tax or utility payment documents);
• Profile of the Company should include among others brief history of the company, organizational and shareholding structure, principal officers as well as details of past and current activities;
• The name(s) and address (es) of the company’s subsidiaries/associated companies, type of business and percentage holding;
• Evidence of Payment of shares allotted to the shareholders;
• Operational manual or organizational chart of the company
• Business plan;
• Bank statement of accounts operated by the Company for the last 6 months;

Please provide the need for the procedure. e.g. Birth Certificate - why do we need to have a birth certificate?

• A fair knowledge of the Rules and Regulations of the Commission and Investments & Securities Act No 29 of 2007 and the Capital Market is an essential prerequisite for registration.Link: Act
  

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• Check List for Registration of Trustees:checklist
  

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