Firstpass Facilitation
Regulatory onboarding, compliance and NIPC/CAC acceleration.
A hyper-streamlined regulatory pathway. We hold the filings, the relationships and the sequence so that onboarding completes in weeks rather than quarters.
- 7
- Stages, start to trading
- 1
- Point of accountability
- CAC incorporation
- NIPC business permit
- Sector licensing
Firstpass exists to remove that. We take the whole pathway — incorporation, tax registration, investment permit, expatriate quota, sector licence — as one mandate, with one file, one timeline and one person answering for it.
The regulatory pathway, stage by stage.
We settle the ownership structure, confirm the share capital threshold your sector requires, and reserve the name with the Corporate Affairs Commission.
- Shareholding and directorship design
- Share capital sufficiency check
- CAC name availability and reservation
Full incorporation filing with the CAC, including the memorandum and articles, and statutory declarations.
- MEMART drafted to your objects
- Registered office and secretary appointment
- Certificate of incorporation issued
FIRS registration, Tax Identification Number issuance and VAT registration where applicable.
- TIN issuance
- VAT registration
- State tax authority onboarding
Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission registration and business permit for foreign-owned entities.
- NIPC registration certificate
- Business permit application
- Evidence of capital importation
Where foreign personnel are required, we file for the expatriate quota positions and supporting approvals.
- Quota position justification
- Ministry of Interior filing
- CERPAC pathway for named staff
Sector-specific approvals — NAFDAC, SON, DPR, CBN, NCC or others — mapped and filed against your actual trading activity.
- Regulator identification and mapping
- Facility and product registration
- Licence issuance and renewal calendar
You receive a live compliance calendar covering every filing, renewal and return, with reminders held by our desk.
- Annual return and audit calendar
- Licence renewal tracking
- Regulator correspondence handling
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