What are the requirements for obtaining a Licence

A. The requirements for Class Licence

Sign up on esevices.ncc.gov.ng and click on Licensing Application Management System to apply:

1. Fill the form and upload the relevant documents listed below:

1. Certificate of Incorporation or Registered Business Name obtained from the Corporate Affairs Commission, Nigeria.
2. Tax Clearance Certificate.
3. Certified True Copy of the Memorandum & Articles of Association if applicable.
4. Certified True Copy of the Particulars of Directors or Registration of Business Name as applicable.
5. Electronic copy of passport photograph of authorized representative.
6. Certificate(s) of qualified technical staff
7. Brief on the proposed service
8. Electronic copy of passport photographs of Directors of the Company/Proprietor (s)
9. Any other document listed.
10. Applications should be submitted when all documents above have been uploaded.
11. On submission of the application, a Class Licence fee of Ten Thousand Naira (₦10,000.00) only, is payable via the Licensing Application Management System

B. The requirements for Individual Licence

Sign up on esevices.ncc.gov.ng and click on Licensing Application Management System to apply.

Fill the form and upload the relevant documents listed below:

1. Certificate of Incorporation obtained from the Corporate Affairs Commission, Nigeria.
2. Tax Clearance Certificate
3. Certified True Copy (CTC) of Memorandum & Articles of Association
4. Feasibility report of proposed service
5. Electronic copy of passport photograph of authorized representative
6. Certificates of qualified technical staff (where applicable)
7. Certified True Copy (CTC) of Particulars of Directors or CAC Status Report
8. Electronic copy of passport photographs of Directors of the company
9. Certified True Copy (CTC) of Company's Registered Address Form.
10. Utility bill of the official address of the Company.
11. Financial projections including fundamental, profit and loss account and balance sheet, The amount budgeted for the project i.e. estimated funding for the deployment of the proposed service
12. Evidence of funding for the project
13. Right of Way approval (where applicable)
14. Memorandum of Understanding (where applicable)
15. Application should be submitted when all documents above have been uploaded.
16. On submission of the application, a non-refundable administrative charge, 5% of the relevant Licence fee should be paid via the Licensing Application Management System. Licence fee is payable on approval of application.
17. As a prerequisite for the grant of a Licence, an applicant for Automated Vehicle Tracking Service (AVTS) Licence must obtain a security clearance from the State Security Service (SSS) for the proposed service before approval is granted for the Licence. The Personal History Statement Form (PHS) for the company and its Directors will be provided by the Commission for completion by applicant.
18. An applicant for a Value Added Service (Content Service using Short Code) Licence must present:
    1. Evidence of an Agreement or a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the company and any of the licensed VAS Aggregators.
    2. Alternatively a financial service duly issued to it by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for Mobile Money Services should be presented and
    3. A licence from the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) for lottery services.