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As you succeed, do not draw a lot of media attention. You don’t want your fellow NGO people reporting you to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Wear casual shirts on jeans unless you are attending donor meetings or meetings with government counterparts. No need to advertise all your income from saving your fellow countrymen.

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Never miss dinners and meetings organized by embassies and donors. These people are an important link to funding. It doesn’t matter if you do not get a personal invitation- once there is ‘civil society’ in the program, polish your shoes, take your complimentary cards and get going.

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If you are into human rights, try to get arrested. Foreign donors get excited when they meet human rights activists who have actually been locked up or who have gory tales to tell. Take advantage of popular protests to boost your activist CV and the reputation of your NGO. However, don't take this too far. The idea is to get attention, not get killed or locked up indefinitely. Be smart.

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Do television, radio and newspaper interviews. Pay to get interviewed if possible. It is for the cause. Do press releases. You must not only do work but be seen to do work. The more visible you are, the more NGO points you get. The more NGO points you get, the more funding you are likely to continue to have.

One final thing: when in doubt, remember the three W’s: 1. What would the donors do? 2. What do the donors want? 3. What can the donors fund?

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Funding sources include the sale of goods and services, membership dues, philanthropic foundations, private sector for-profit companies, state & central authorities, grant from local and private donations. Individual private donors play a significant part in NGO funding.

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Examples of NGO include:

Rotary group of organisations, from large charitable NGOs like Red Cross, Better Life for Albino Women etc down to small community organisations like sports, clubs or civics e.g. Abuja Country Club, Hausa Tennis Club, Scrabble Players Association of Nigeria, Oraifite Progressive Union Foundation etc.

Most Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have to rely on grants and donations from fundraising because Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) usually serve sections of the community that could not afford to pay the full cost of the service. NGOs do not usually choose their target groups according to who can pay for the service, but according to who needs the service most.

AN ACT TO REPEAL THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP. C20, LAWS OF THE
FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, 2004 AND ENACT THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT,
2020 TO PROVIDE FOR THE INCORPORATION OF COMPANIES, LIMITED LIABILITY
PARTNERSHIPS, LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS, REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES TOGETHER WITH INCORPORATION OF TRUSTEES OF CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, BODIES, ASSOCIATIONS ; AND FOR RELATED MATTERS

ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria—
PART A—CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION
1.—(1) There is established the Corporate Affairs Commission (in this
Act referred to as “the Commission”).
(2) The Commission—
(a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal ;
(b) may sue and be sued in its corporate name ; and
(c) may acquire, hold or dispose of any property, movable or immovable,
for the purpose of performing its functions.
(3) The headquarter of the Commission shall be in the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja, and there shall be established an office of the Commission in
each State of the Federation.

There are over 50,000 NGOs registered in Nigeria. They are started as a Trust, a Society or non profit company.

There roles varies into various aspects of community development such as: community mobilization, environment, health and sanitation awareness creation, promotion of child's rights law, promotion of sexuality and reproductive health education and fight against child labour and human trafficking etc.

2.—(1) There is established for the Commission, a Governing Board (in this Act referred to as “the Board”) which shall be responsible for performing the functions of the Commission.
(2) The Board shall consist of—
(a) a chairman who is appointed by the President on the recommendation
of the Minister, and who, by reason of his ability, experience or specialised
knowledge of corporate, industrial, commercial, financial or economic
matters, business or professional attainment, is capable of making outstanding
contributions to the work of the Commission ;
(b) one representative of the—
(i) business community, appointed by the Minister on the
recommendation of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce,
Industries, Mines and Agriculture,
(ii) legal profession, appointed by the Minister on the recommendation

Although an NGO is not commercial entity, the Corporate Affairs Commission views it as an entity and need to be registered. To register an NGO, one need to follow laid down process. It's registration is peculiar in that it can only be done under Part A of the Companies and Allied Matters Act as a company limited by guarantee or by Part C of the Company and Allied Matters Act as Incorporated Trustees.

Although an NGO is not commercial entity, the Corporate Affairs Commission views it as an entity and need to be registered.

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Donors give you 100,000 dollars to promote Freedom of Information in Nigeria. Instead of squandering the whole amount actually promoting Freedom of Information in practical ways, thus wasting the money of kind donors, you must set aside considerable amounts for advocacy meetings, (lunch and tea breaks included), a conference or seminar to discuss the issue, capacity building (I’m not sure what that means but you shouldn’t think too hard about it either) and admin costs (some of the money should go to offsetting your rent in the heart of the city where rent is super expensive).

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One of the features of an NGO is the periodic minutes writing in every meeting. It's the primary responsibility of the Secretary to write the minutes of the meeting. Now, how do you write minutes of an NGO?
Write the date, time, location and the name of attendees at the beginning of the minutes. Write down the key points of discussion, the important decisions and the responsibilities given. At the end, tell the future course of action i.e. who needs to do what and the deadline of the task.

Proposals are indispensable. Take your time to work on proposals. A good proposal is everything. Seventy percent of the Job of an NGO is paper work- proposals and budgets and retirements and press releases. If you are not sure how to package an NGO proposal, learn. If you can’t do it, pay someone to do it. Pay for a beautiful website with lots of photos showing things you are committed to. Foreign donors get tickled by nice functional websites. Make sure you visit the website of your donor and follow the guidelines strictly.

Register your NGO today to partake in humanitarian projects.

Most Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have to rely on grants and donations from fundraising because Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) usually serve sections of the community that could not afford to pay the full cost of the service. NGOs do not usually choose their target groups according to who can pay for the service, but according to who needs the service most.