PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION OF ISLAMIC ORGANISATION IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
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2021
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FACULTY OF LAW, KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY, MALETE
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In the recent times, there have been a lot of focuses on religious organizations, especially with respect to their proliferation, operations, activities and utilities in the Nigeria. The position of law is that for any religious organization to carry out operation or to be duly recognized in Nigeria, such organization must be dully registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission; failure of which attracts penalty stipulated in the Companies and Allied Matters Act. It is not a gainsaying that Islamic organizations are part of the organizations enjoined by the law to register before carrying out any activities, whereas most of the Islamic organizations carry on activities without registering with accredited body. This in recent times has caused proscription of most of the so called Islamic organizations by the government, such as Islamic Movement of Nigeria popularly known as Shiite. The registration procedures and methods are not known to most of these organizations hence, their failure to register with the appropriate bodies. Thus, this article discusses procedures for registration of Islamic organization with the Corporate Affairs Commission. The paper also highlights the importance of the registration of the Islamic Organization in Nigeria and also examines some challenges usually encountered as per registration of organizations in Nigeria. The study recommends, amongst others, the creation of more awareness as per the benefits of registration and the disadvantage for failure to register before carrying out activities
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THE PAPER IS BASICALLY PROCEDURE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ISLAMIC ORGANIZATION IN NIGERIA
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KWASU LAW JOURNAL