Abstract
The significance of the roles, duties, powers and responsibilities of a director cannot be overemphasized. In organizational settings from time immemorial, needs directors as the figure head to made and as the name implies, manage and administer the task in the best interest for the sustenance and promotion of the company. The legal framework regulating the operation of companies (Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 in Nigeria for instance) provides for these roles and specify the duties assigned to the Directors as agents of the Company. This article examines and analyses these roles, responsibilities and duties of Directors in Nigeria, contrasts between differences between the roles, duties and responsibilities and gives recommendations on the roles of directors under corporate governance in Nigeria.
Keywords: Directors, Powers, Responsibilities, Duties.