Ghana - Amendment of Non- Governmental Organization Constitution

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Amendment of Non- Governmental Organization Constitution in Ghana, the applicant has to approach the non-Profit Organization secretariat. contact link
2. The Board of directors of a NGO should carry out a meeting and take minutes on having an amendment’s to the constitution.
3. This is followed by amending of the NGO’s constitution.
4. Once the new constitution is ready and a formal application addressed to the Executive Director seeking for consent, signed by the five registered officials of the Organization should be made.
5. The application should be submitted to the Non-Governmental Organizations Co-ordination Board offices together with the required documents. Documents provided in the “Required Document” section of this page.
6. Minutes of the meeting proposing amendment.
   • The minutes should be submitted within 14 days from the date of meeting.
   • The minutes should indicate the reasons for having the amendment.
   • Amended copy of the constitution with highlighted sections to be amended.
7. Applicant should then proceed to pay the processing fees and summit the receipt to the Non-Governmental Organizations Co-ordination Board offices. A Processing fee of GHS .4, 000 is charged for the request. Fees listed below the “Fees” section of this page.
8. On Completion of this process, it will take Non-Governmental Organizations Co-ordination Board two days to acknowledge the amendments and affect them within 90 days.

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Required Documents

• Formal application addressed to the Executive Director seeking for consent, signed by the five (5) registered officials of the Organization.
• Copy of the Minute of the meeting authorizing the amendments to the Constitution to be submitted within 14 days of the meeting clearly giving reasons for the amendment.
• Copy of the new Constitution with highlighted sections to be amended.

Office Locations & Contacts

Non-Profit Organization secretariat
Address: HR23+JQ Accra, Ghana
Contact : +233302684536
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Eligibility

• Registered Non-governmental organisations in Ghana are eligible to make an amendment of their constitution.

Fees

• A processing fee of GHS.4,000/= is charged

Validity

• The validity of the constitution is forever.

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Processing Time

• The processing time for this procedure takes 90 days.

Related Videos

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Instructions

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Required Information

• Name of NGO.
• Proposed name changes
• Reasons for amendment
• Names, designations, and signatures of five registered officials
• Minute of the meeting authorizing the amendments

Need for the Document

• Any Non-Governmental Organization that wants to amend its constitution is supposed to seek consent from Non-Governmental Organization Board.

Information which might help

• A constitution contains the fundamental principles that outline the purpose, structure, and limits of an organization. Essentially, the constitution provides a foundation upon which an organization operates.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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External Links

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