Kingstanding:
. Well, you should tell MC Oluomo to force Young shall grow and ABC transport to join the NURTW. If you register your business with CAC nobody can harras you. My brother has a pure water factory and no association dare ask him to join their bad association. Register your company and you're good to go.

mrkings84:
Good a thing u know the law so you are free to act in accordance to the law but let me warn u, these laws are not made for ordinary citizens.

It's like telling MC Olomo that u don't want to belong to NURTW.... By doing so u know what will befall u on top the law u know!!

Jobabori:

Those unions alligned with those government agencies you have mentioned and pay them annually, collectively from the union's purse. Forcing someone to join a trade union is illegal in theory but in practice it is difficult. You will face persecutions with the backing of law enforcement agencies and receiving spiritual attacks on the business and others. Those who benefit mostly from this cheating are the old people on that trade who have properly retired and those too old that customers are not patronizing them again. They are the one fighting tooth and nails to enforce mostly the illegal rules of the association in order to collect registration fees and fines which are usually their spoilt of 'war'. Ordinary member has little to gain from the unions. It is another form of man cruelty to man.

WarriAproko:
can you farm. Or don't you know oil is expensive. What about transportation

dake40:
I think getting your business registered with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) will save you from this stress

Sonnobax15:

So this thing is rampant everywhere...

Here in warri,even you wey be brick layer must belong to one brick laying association....

Imagine the nonsense..... Problem for this country no dey finish........To see capital to take kick start your business na Problem self..

brownemmanuel43:

Not everywhere pls, it very very common thing in the West than any other part of the country.
Here in the west virtually everything has an association, even ordinary
Grinding pepper association,
Pepper sellers association
Akara sellers association
Kpomo sellers association etc
And I know the reason why is like that but I won't state it here

ChiSun27:
If you want to know how strong Association is, try running a grinding business in Lagos without joining their association and paying their fees, then you will know that the law can't save you.

dangoteinlaw:
easier said online than done offline. That's how i wanted to cut my hair and they took away the guy's gen. Smh

colestephan86:

Yes it will

BamBiniCaio:
Not exactly but it's good

siant:

I saw a vulcanizer in my area, they confiscated his machine on the ground that he doesn't come to their meetings. Rubbish! Joining their association should be voluntarily, it is not that you will now forcing someone to become your member.

codesport:
It's not always easy to start up an existing business in Nigeria especially in Southern part without joining association. Although it's possible to avoid those unproductive association(s) only if the nature of the business does not require special license(s) and you will be willing to do the needed things required to start up a genuine business whether small, medium or large scale). Now let's assume you are about to start up a laundry shop, car wash, tailoring, barbershop, welding and likes you can easily go to the CAC get your business name approved, check with your L.G. revenue department, and State revenue department once those people are settled my brother/sister just paste a photocopied documents received from those aforementioned agencies in your shop, fold your arms and await any scapegoat to deal with. But if you're going for such businesses that require special license(s) e.g. Gas station, Yogurt production, pure water, soap production etc you will have no option than to join the existing association else they will frustrate all your efforts either by conniving with law enforcement agency or coming in their numbers to assault you physically.

dangoteinlaw:
easier said online than done offline. That's how i wanted to cut my hair and they took away the guy's gen. Smh

dazzlingd:


They do that to regulate the prices of their goods and services

Yagazee:
Please do. So that they will not show one day, lock your shop and cease you stuffs. Just do

Victorious12:

How abt car dealers

larryking540:

here comes the self defense ,there are govt para sector for all what you are calling ,even on village the garri is still expensive which one is what of transportation ,na so so excuse we sabi give ,

Please I am doing a research on this that's why I clicked on the thread.

Kindly say why. Thanks in advance

brownemmanuel43:

Not everywhere pls, it very very common thing in the West than any other part of the country.
Here in the west virtually everything has an association, even ordinary
Grinding pepper association,
Pepper sellers association
Akara sellers association
Kpomo sellers association etc
And I know the reason why is like that but I won't state it here

codesport:
that's the truth, but if you as an individual could go through the same process the association went through then you are good to go(surely the first tax payment could be exorbitant but trust me the subsequent ones would just be tipping of those corrupt officials) I did the same and till today no single useless association(s) has/have ever come near me.