Author(s)

Gambo Jonathan

Affiliation(s)

Faculty of Law, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.

Corresponding Author

Gambo Jonathan

ABSTRACT

This paper seeks to discuss board and general meetings of a company in Nigeria. Hence, as one of the most important post-incorporation compliance requirements for a company in Nigeria is the direction for its directors, management and members to have specific types of meetings for the purpose of running the course of the company’s progression as well as for the purpose of passing resolutions authorizing certain actions or transactions of the company. Such types of meetings are known as board and general meetings as provided under the Companies And Allied Matters Act, 2020. Furthermore, this research work will be addressing the following subtopics: What board and General meetings entails, procedures, types, quorum, notices and resolutions of board and general meetings; reasons for board and general meetings, comparative discourse of board and general meetings, as well as raising observations and recommendations.

KEYWORDS

Board meeting, General meeting, Statutory meeting, Annual General meeting, Notice

CITE THIS PAPER

Gambo Jonathan. Board and general meetings of a company in Nigeria: a legal discourse. Journal of Trends in Financial and Economics. 2025, 2(1): 29-35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/jtfe3030.

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