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#HappeningNow: A virtual town hall meeting on "CAMA 2020: REGULATION OR REPRESSION?" organised by The EU-ACT/OSIWA-facilitated working group on Civil Society Regulatory Environment in collaboration with Corporate Affairs Commision.
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#CAMA2020 is an inorganic piece of legislation that is liable to be abused and WILL be abused. - @ChidiOdinkalu
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The drafting of this #CAMA2020 law is unruly, it has no safeguard to prevent abuse of power and it will definitely be abused. - @ChidiOdinkalu
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The drafters of the law did not take into consideration key provisions of the constitution. - Femi Falana, S.A.N
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It is unconstitutional to give power to the CAC to appoint trustees to manage Associations. This is premised on the fact that before an Association is registered, such Association will tender its constitution which will be used to govern the Association. - Femi Falana
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Before the CAC can decide to suspend trustees, they must file an application before the courts showing why that has to happen. And there must be an an opportunity for such board to present a defense. - Femi Falana, SAN
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Giving power to the CAC to manage the affairs of an Association will be unconstitutional and a violation of rights.

The Registrar General has no power to put aside the constitution of an Association. - Femi Falana, SAN
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I am not against the monitoring of Associations. But if they must be monitored, it must be in accordance with the constitution. - Femi Falana , SAN
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Section. 842 #CAMA2020 almost assuredly violates s. 44(1) of the 1999 Constitution.

Despite linkage to dissolution hearing in s.850, there is no objective standard to be met in order to trigger threshold for exercise of power conferred. - @ChidiOdinkalu
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Much of Part F of #CAMA2020 appears to be an afterthought, untheorized & un-processed.

The drafting is wooly and liable to be mis-used. -@ChidiOdinkalu
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Judicial proceedings are not adequate remedy here as they are unlikely to cure losses that organisations could suffer.

Pending amendments, judicial challenge to the constitutionality of the Act is needed. - @ChidiOdinkalu
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NGOs, particularly churches, have a duty to self regulate.
If they are prepared to self regulate, there should be no fear about issues of accountability. - Femi Falana, SAN
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