New Parties: 14 Associations Scale First Hurdle As INEC Disqualifies 157 Others

Out of the full of 171 associations that submitted letters of intent for registration arsenic governmental parties, 14 person met the requirements to proceed to the adjacent signifier portion 157 others failed standard through.

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information & Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this successful a connection issued successful Abuja connected Thursday.

The database of the 14 pre-qualified associations published connected INEC website and different authoritative platforms see the African Transformation Party (ATP), All Democratic Alliance (ADA),
Advance Nigeria Congress (ANC), Abundance Social Party (ASP) and African Alliance Party (AAP).

Others are 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), and Peoples Freedom Party (PFP).

Olumekun said the interim chairmen and secretaries of the pre-qualified associations person been invited to a briefing astatine the Commission’s office successful Abuja connected Wednesday adjacent week astatine 11am.

He besides said each petition was assessed connected the ground 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.

Olumekun stated that the last determination of the registrability of the associations arsenic governmental parties volition beryllium made aft the carnal verification of each their claims to find compliance with the ineligible framework.

“A full of 171 requests for registration were received. Each petition was assessed connected the ground 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 full fig of applications received, 14 associations person met the requirements to proceed to the adjacent signifier portion 157 person not. The Commission shall officially pass the determination arising from today’s gathering to each the associations successful the adjacent 24 hours.

“Meanwhile, the database of the 14 pre-qualified associations has been published connected our website and different authoritative platforms for nationalist information.

“The interim Chairmen and Secretaries of the pre-qualified associations are invited to a briefing connected Wednesday 17th September 2025 astatine 11am astatine the Commission’s Headquarters successful Abuja.

“In summation to uploading the required accusation to the portal, we volition physically verify each claims by each relation successful enactment with our Regulations and Guidelines.

“The last determination of the registrability of the associations arsenic governmental parties volition beryllium made aft the carnal verification of each their claims to find compliance with the ineligible framework,” Olumekeun stated.