Ahead of the 2027 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says 110 associations have submitted requests to be registered as political parties.
This was disclosed on Wednesday by Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of INEC.
He said as of Monday, 23rd June 2025, the Commission had received letters of intent from 110 associations that wish to register as political parties.
Mahmood said the commission was diligently processing the requests in line with the procedure outlined in the law, as well as its Regulations and Guidelines.
“We have acknowledged all requests received so far except six of them received recently which will be done before the end of the week.
“For emphasis, I wish to inform Nigerians, particularly those interested in registering new political parties, that the handbook containing the Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties 2022 is already available on the Commission’s website.
“Meanwhile, the Commission is today releasing the full list of the 110 associations seeking registration as political parties indicating their proposed names, acronyms, addresses and the names of their Chairmen and Secretaries.
“For transparency and public information, the list will be uploaded to our website and social media platforms shortly while hard copies are included in your folders for this meeting.”
NATIONAL POST reports that among them are the Obidient Peoples Party and the Advanced Democratic Alliance (ADA).
Also related to the Obidient Movement is the Progressive Obedients Party.
