The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed fourteen out of the 171 new political parties seeking registration has been certified to move on to the next verification stage.
According to INEC “Each request was assessed on the basis of its prima facie compliance with the provisions of Section 222 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), Section 79 (1, 2 and 4) of the Electoral Act 2022 and Clause 2 (i and ii) of the Commission’s Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties 2022.
“Out of the total number of applications received, 14 associations have met the requirements to proceed to the next stage while 157 have not.
The political parties certified for the next stage include:
African Transformation Party – ATP
All Democratic Alliance – ADA
Advance Nigeria Congress – ANC
Abundance Social Party – ASP
African Alliance Party – AAP
Citizens Democratic Alliance – CDA
Democratic Leadership Alliance – DLA
Grassroots Initiative Party – GRIP
Green Future Party – GFP
Liberation People’s Party – LPP
National Democratic Party – NDP
National Reform Party – NRP
Patriotic Peoples Alliance – PPA
Peoples Freedom Party – PFP
