Labour · Nigeria
Obtain a recruiter's licence (private employment agency)
License a recruitment/manpower agency with the Federal Ministry of Labour & Employment — domestic or international placement: incorporate with a recruitment object clause → meet statutory-compliance and bond requirements → inspection → licence fee ₦200,000.
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Who you will deal with
The steps
- Incorporate with a recruitment object clause
- Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
- Incorporate a company whose MEMART carries recruitment of labour as an object clause. Two licence categories exist: domestic placement (employment within Nigeria) and international placement (employment outside Nigeria).
- CIC; MEMART with recruitment object clause
- Weeks
- Meet the statutory-compliance requirements
- Federal Ministry of Labour & Employment
- Provide evidence of PFA registration (Pension Reform Act 2014), NSITF registration (Employees' Compensation), a staff handbook/conditions of service, evidence of health insurance or medical retainership, and a management profile establishing competence.
- PFA + NSITF registration; handbook; health cover; management profile
- Documentation
- Provide the bank guarantee / insurance bond
- Federal Ministry of Labour & Employment
- Provide a bank guarantee or insurance bond scaled to the number of workers recruited. Domestic: oil & gas companies ₦3,000,000 (1-100 employees) rising to ₦5,000,000 (over 100); other businesses ₦1,500,000 (1-100) rising to ₦3,000,000 (over 100).
- Bank guarantee or insurance bond
- Before approval
- Approval, licence fee and issuance
- Federal Ministry of Labour & Employment (Controller)
- On the Controller's approval, pay a licence fee of ₦200,000 and send evidence of payment to the Controller's office in Abuja for issuance of the recruiter's licence. Inspection and renewal apply.
- Licence fee ₦200,000; proof of payment
- On approval
The numbers behind the decision
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