Terms of Service

These Terms of Service, together with the Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy referenced within them, form the agreement between a Member and Oduko Registry Limited, a company registered under the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with registration number RC 8954900, having its registered address at Flat 3, Ikole City College Road, Off FMC Hospital, Oke Ijebu, Ikole Ekiti, Nigeria, and trading under the name Oduko R. Oduko Registry Limited is referred to throughout this document as Oduko R, the Company, we, us, or our.

These Terms apply together, as one unified set of terms, across odukor.com, oduko.app, and odukoregistry.com, which are treated as a single Platform for the purposes of this agreement, regardless of which of the three a Member happens to be using at a given time.

By creating an account, accessing the Platform, or making use of any service offered through it, a Member confirms that they have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms in full. A Member who does not agree to these Terms should not create an account or otherwise use the Platform.

A Member must be at least eighteen years of age to register for and use the Platform, in keeping with the minimum age required to form and incorporate a business entity under the Companies and Allied Matters Act.

A single business profile is ordinarily managed by one registered Member. Where more than one person is to manage the same business profile, each additional person must be a listed stakeholder of the business, such as a director, and must appear as such on the relevant application status report before access is granted.

A Member is responsible for the accuracy of all information supplied during registration and throughout the use of the Platform, and agrees to keep such information current.

Oduko R operates as a hybrid service, combining software driven guidance with human consulting support, and organizes its offerings into separate service tiers rather than a single undivided service. When a Member signs up, the agreement formed is with Oduko Registry Limited as a company, and not solely with the Platform as a piece of software.

Certain features of the Platform are automated and are provided directly by the software, without individualized review by a person. These include the educational content made available to Members, the personalized Compliance Catalog, the information collection process, payment confirmations, and automatic notifications. This category of feature is intended to give a Member a clear and immediate starting point for understanding their compliance position, and reflects the best available regulatory information at the time it is presented, but it is not a substitute for individualized professional review.

Other features involve direct review and execution by a qualified consultant or legal practitioner engaged by Oduko R. These include the execution of an Application, any one on one advisory session, and the final submission of an Application once preparation is complete. Because this category of feature carries the judgment of a professional who takes responsibility for the outcome, it carries a higher level of assurance than the automated features described above.

A Member should treat automated guidance as a preliminary reference and should rely on the professionally executed stage of the service for the final position on any compliance matter of consequence.

Oduko R makes the Platform available to Affiliates, who are given a distinct login through which they may create business profiles and manage Applications on behalf of their own clients. An Affiliate's clients may or may not themselves be aware that Oduko R is the platform through which their compliance process is being completed.

An Affiliate remains responsible for the accuracy of any information and documentation submitted on behalf of a client, in the same manner that a Member is responsible for their own information under these Terms. Oduko R reserves the right to introduce a separate agreement specific to Affiliates at a later date, at which point this section may be amended, replaced, or supplemented accordingly.

The fee shown for each Application already reflects the complete cost of the service, combining the applicable statutory or regulatory fee with the cost of the professional work involved in preparing, reviewing, and executing the submission on a Member's behalf. This means the figure shown on the Platform is the full and complete cost of having an Application properly handled from beginning to end, rather than the statutory fee taken on its own.

Application fees are paid directly on the Platform, and the submission of any Application for processing is only completed once payment has been received.

Fees are subject to change from time to time. Where a Regulatory Body increases a statutory or regulatory fee, Oduko R may pass that increase on to Members, and will do so immediately where the Regulatory Body's own increase takes effect immediately, or otherwise with notice given in advance. Where a fee increase does not originate from a statutory or regulatory source, Oduko R will give notice of between seven and thirty days before the new fee takes effect, with the exact length of notice depending on the type of registration involved, its sensitivity, and the reason behind the increase.

Most services on the Platform are priced individually, per service. Where a service is offered on a subscription basis instead, this will be stated clearly at the point of signup for that service.

The Platform is made available on an as is basis. Oduko R is not a Regulatory Body, does not issue statutory approvals, and cannot guarantee that any particular Application will be approved, since approval decisions rest entirely with the applicable Regulatory Body.

Automated guidance provided through the Compliance Catalog and related features is generated on the basis of the best available regulatory information at the time it is presented, and reflects Oduko R's professional judgment regarding what is likely to apply to a given business. It does not amount to a guarantee, and it is not, on its own, a substitute for individualized advice from a qualified consultant or legal practitioner.

Where a Regulatory Body rejects a filing because of information the Member provided, and not because of an error attributable to Oduko R, Oduko R will contact the Member's representative to communicate the finding and request any further detail required. Where this results in a penalty or other liability, that additional cost is borne by the Member's business, and not by Oduko R.

Oduko R is not responsible for typographical errors, incorrect application details supplied by a Member, or the selection of an incorrect application category by a Member. Because the Compliance Catalog is built on Oduko R's professional judgment of what is likely to apply to a given business, the owner of a business remains responsible for confirming what else may be required for its specific circumstances, and for raising any question about the completeness of its Compliance Catalog with Oduko R directly.

All intellectual property associated with Oduko, including but not limited to its branding, designs, interface, text, software, and media, belongs to Oduko R. A Member may not copy, distribute, or modify any material appearing on the Platform, or present such material as their own.

Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of any such intellectual property to a Member, and a Member's use of the Platform grants only a limited right to access and use the Platform for its intended purpose, for as long as the Member's account remains active and in good standing.