Only 14 out of 171 associations met criteria for political party registration – INEC

 The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said lone 14 retired of 171 associations seeking registration arsenic governmental parties met the requirements to proceed to the adjacent stage.

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Mr Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this successful a connection aft the committee regular gathering connected Thursday successful Abuja.

Olumekun said that 157 associations failed to conscionable the requirements.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 14 associations that met the requirements see African Transformation Party (ATP), All Democratic Alliance (ADA) and the Advance Nigeria Congress (ANC).

It besides includes the Abundance Social Party (ASP), African Alliance Party (AAP), Citizens Democratic Alliance (CDA) and the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA).

Also included are the Grassroots Initiative Party (GRIP), Green Future Party (GFP), Liberation People’s Party (LPP), National Democratic Party (NDP) and the National Reform Party (NRP).

The others are the Patriotic Peoples Alliance (PPA) and Peoples Freedom Party (PFP).

Olumekun noted that the gathering considered the study of its Committee connected the Review of Letters of Intent from associations seeking registration arsenic governmental parties.

He said that each of the 171 requests 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).

He added that the associations were besides assessed connected the compliance with 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,” helium said.

Olumekun said that the interim chairmen and secretaries of the pre-qualified associations are invited to a briefing connected Wednesday, Sept. 17 astatine 11 a.m. astatine the INEC office successful Abuja.

The INEC brag added that, successful summation to uploading the required accusation to the portal, it would physically verify each claims by each relation successful enactment with its 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.

“We privation to reiterate that enactment registration is simply a continuous process nether the law.

“The Commission remains unfastened to the information of applications that conscionable the criteria arsenic provided by law,” helium said.

Olumekun said astatine the gathering that the committee besides reviewed its preparations for forthcoming off-cycle governorship elections and the end-of-tenure Area Council Election successful the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). 

Bellow are the associations that qualified:

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