Federal Government of Nigeria and the Cooperate Affair Commission (CAC) has award contract of Free Business Name registration to some Aggregators and Focal Persons to register 250,000 businesses for free across the 36 states and F.C.T Abuja.

The businesses will be registered under the CAC Business Name registration package which will enable the business owners to operate in Nigeria as a govt verified entity.

This program is created by FG as business formalisation support for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Survival funds.

According to reports, As part of Federal Government’s post-Covid-19 Pandemic survival intervention to support micro and small businesses to formalise their businesses, the Federal Government has approved the free registration of 6,606 Business Names in each of the 34 states while Abia, Lagos and Kano will have 7,906, 9,084 and 8,406 respectively.


The Aggregators and Focal persons have been appointed to register interested MSMEs according to CAC business name registration guidelines.

The free registrations commence on the 19th of October 2020

Requirements for registration are as follows
  1. Three (3) Proposed Names
  2. Two (2) Passport-sized photographs
  3. Valid Means of Identification
  4. Phone Number/Email address
The Aggregator incharge of Lagos free registration is 

LAGOS STATE 

TIMOTHY ASOBELE EMMANUEL DARE 07087759674 

Other states are as follows 

LIST OF AGGREGATORS AND STATE FOCAL PERSONS FOR THE FREE 250,000 FG/CAC BUSINESS NAMES REGISTRATION FOR MSMEs  SN CONTACT PERSONS OF THE AGGREGATORS                

1.  YOBE STATE 

MOHAMMED SAJE JAJERE 08034243245 
mohammedsjajere@gmail.com 

 2.  BORNO STATE 

ALKALI MOHAMMED UMAR No.1, NHIS Building, Damboa Road,  Maiduguri, Borno State 07032807091 mualkas58@gmail.com  

3.  RIVERS STATE 

OJIAKOR NDIDIAMAKA No.10, Ipic/Green Village Estate,  Akpajo Port Harcourt,  Rivers State 08035515095  

4.  IMO STATE 

EMEKA GEOFFREY NWOKORIE Plot 41, Chief Solomon Close,  New Owerri, Beside Ojukwu Library,  Owerri,  Imo State 08033461826  

5.  ZAMFARA STATE 

SHEHU JARI ABUBAKAR Yarima Quarters,  Kaura Namoda,  Zamfara State 07066572766  

6.  GOMBE STATE 

MUHAMMAD MUSA BABA Sakin Bolari Street,  Gombe, Gombe State 08138400118 muhammademir2@gmail.com muhdemir01@yahoo.com 

 7.  NASARAWA STATE 

MOHD INUWA YAHAYA Ta’al Model E-Library,  Nasarawa State 07037625935  

8.  NIGER STATE 

HON. DANJUMA MANI Na Muye Transport Service,  Opposite Newsline Tunga,  Minna,  08036002690 

9.  EDO STATE 

UZIEWE NELSON ENAKENO 6 Ero Drive, Off Maho Street, Off Ekewan Road,  Benin City 08035353587 

10.  BAYELSA STATE 

EKWOMMA HARRISON  Okutukutu By Damis Junction,  Yenagoa,  07034552814 

11.  TARABA STATE 

ABDULRAZAQ MOHAMMED NUHU No.13, Hammaruwa Way,  Brothers Filling Station,  Adjacent MTN Head Office,  Jalingo,  08038772005 abdulmaiharka@gmail.com  

12.  KADUNA STATE 

iBase Technologies LTD   Suite 1 2nd Floor,  Imam House,  Ahmadu Bello Way,  Kaduna State 08032846128 

13.  SOKOTO STATE 

MUSTAPHA ABUBAKAR ALKALI Sokoto North Senatorial District, ,  Garba Duba Road,  08025327960 

14.  KEBBI STATE 

KAMA’AIKI COMPUTERS   Go Slow Road, Nasarawa,  Birnin Kebbi,  08037133071 

15.  ADAMAWA STATE 

IBRAHIM MOHAMMED  Mohammed Mustapha Way,  Near Capital School,  Jimeta, Adamawa State 08069747512 

16.  KOGI STATE 

HAJIYA FATIMA MUSA  Behind Former Federal Pay Office,  New Layout, Kogi State  08036018707 Fmusa6003@gmail.com  

17.  AKWA IBOM STATE 

BRIGHT LAW CONSULT   42, Sanni Ogun Road,  Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State 08039113913 

18.  OYO STATE 

ABIDEMI OSENI ODUNTAN  (CORE EQUITY LIMITED) Suite 58, Adebayo Shopping Complex,  Adex Bus Stop,  Along Monatan Iwo Road,  Ibadan, 08099990741 coreequity@gmail.com   

19.  ENUGU STATE 

CHIEMEZIE OKONYIA  (CORE EQUITY LIMITED) No.2, Cemetery Road,  G.R.A,  Enugu,  Enugu state 08134069965 coreequity@gmail.com   

20.  CROSS RIVER STATE 

OGBECHE McDON KENNETH  SHOP RITE PLAZA ANNEX,  28, MCC ROAD,  CALABAR,  07031525265 iconmcdon@gmail.com  

21.  KANO STATE 

MUSTAPHA NASIR NO. 8 GIDAN BABAN GWOGGO, UNITY ROAD, KANO 08035686398 

22.  ABIA STATE 

NESOCHI ALFRED-IGBOKWE `08123010407 

23.  BENUE STATE 

MONE NYAKAN 08138413403 

24.  EKITI STATE 

IPAYE TITILOLA 08164248733 

25.  ONDO STATE 

ADEGBOYEGA OLUFUNMILOLA SEUN 08138584754 

26.  OSUN STATE 

OLUWAFUNMI OLUSEGUN AKANKI 07058027905 

27.  LAGOS STATE 

TIMOTHY ASOBELE EMMANUEL DARE 07087759674  

28.  EBONYI STATE 

FLORA OCHADU 08122544224 

29.  EBONYI STATE 

FLORA OCHADU 08122544224 

30.  KWARA STATE 

MUBARAK OPEYEMI 08148600902 

31.  OGUN STATE 

OPEYEMI OLATINWO 07058027905 

32.   ABUJA-FCT 

ADESHINNA AGOI 07036657855 Abuja-FCT  

33.  ANAMBRA STATE 

NASME THEO NNOROM 08033152061 

34.  DELTA STATE 

NASME FRANK OBIORA 08033885200 

35.  JIGAWA STATE 

SMEDAN AMINU SALEH 08032982133 

36.  KATSINA STATE 

SMEDAN ISAH MIQDAD 07064607578 

37.  BAUCHI STATE 

ITF MR. RICHARD BABA AUDU 08035769191 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND, Bauchi Area Office,  Murtala Mohammed Way,  Off Central Bank Round About,  Federal Low-cost Housing Estate,  Bauchi State  

38.  PLATEAU STATE 

ITF HAJIYA KHADIJA MUDI 08034526707 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND, Jos Area Office,  No.1, Kufang Miango Road,  Opposite Maranatha Bible Church,  Kufang, Jos, Plateau State