TIMELY REGISTRATION OF NGOs IMPORTANT

It has been reported that some International Non-Governmental Organisations are operating in the country unregistered. It has now reached the extent where the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration issues a warning to these NGOs reminding them that failure to register could result in punitive measures. The Directorate started the registration exercise in January this year which was supposed to end in April but four months after the deadline, a good number of these NGOs continue to operate illegally. Conventionally, one would think that individuals running these organisations have the sense to understand that every community is governed by laws. And if you operate within these laws, you are certainly obliged to abide by them.