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Student's Book Form Five
(d) Uploading the necessary details: Procedures for acquiring a business
The applicant is expected to upload license from BRELA or BPRA
the necessary attachments. These BRELA and BPRA are entitled to offer a
attachments may differ depending business license for class A businesses. Class
on the type of business being applied A are such businesses that are established
FOR ONLINE READING ONLY
for. However, the basic ones may and operate across the country as well
include title deed/lease agreement/ as engage in the international businesses
sales agreement or residential that is across the national borders. The
license, birth certificate or passport following are the procedures of acquiring
of the applicant, memorandum and business license from either BRELA or
articles of association and certificate BPRA:
of incorporation. (a) Creating an account through
(e) Decision from LGAs: Upon the online registration system (ORS):
applicant submitting the necessary The applicant acting on behalf of
details, the application may be the company seeking a business
rejected or approved. If it is rejected, license creates an online account via
the applicant will have to make BRELA or BPRA in case they do not
adjustments and resubmit a corrected have one already. Once an account
version. is created the applicant will select
(f) Making payment: If there is no preferred option such as industrial
objection a control number will be license.
issued for payment. The amount to (b) Filling in the application form: The
be paid will depend on the type of applicant will fill-in the application
business. form as per details required. The
(g) Receiving the license: Once the details to be filled differ depending
payment is made, the applicant on the type of business. For instance,
receives a business license to start when applying for industrial license,
the business. the applicant is expected to fill-in
details like license owner, address,
(h) Renewing the license: The applicant products, planned investment, license
has an option to renew the license if details, location, planned capacity,
it was for one (1) year or temporary planned materials, and planned
(one month), transfer the license employment.
(in case the business location has
changed), or terminate the license.
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