Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation board summary 2021

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Date: December 24, 2021

Attendees: Olaniyan Olushola, Kayode Yusuf, Isaac Olatunde Livingstone Imonitie, Runcie C.M Chidebe, Tosin Ogunwa, Engr. Jide Adenekan, Barrister Fatai Erewunmi, Dr. Elekofehinti Olushola

Agenda Items:

  • Approval of previous meeting minutes
  • Wikimedia UG Nigeria operation update
  • AffCom request for a name change
  • AOB

Actions Taken:

It was resolved that

  1. the word Foundation in the registered name Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation be removed as a matter of urgency and substituted with the word "association" or "initiative"
  2. The Wikimedia Nigeria User Group's solicitors are consequently instructed to submit forthwith the necessary application at the Corporate Affairs Commission in compliance with the Companies and Legal Matters Act 2022.