Applications For New Political Parties Registration Hit 129

In one week, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received  seven fresh applications from associations seeking registration as political parties, bringing the total number of applications to 129.

INEC national commissioner/chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, announced this in Abuja yesterday.

The groups that submitted fresh applications include: National Peace Congress Party of Nigeria(NPCP), Alliance for Transformation Mandates(ATM), Democracy for Citizens Party(DFP), African Renaissance Party(ARP), United Democratic Alliance(UDA) and Future Democratic Party(FDP).

Olumekun also said INEC is introducing a political party registration portal which is a module in its Party Financial Reporting and Auditing System  (PFRAS).

This, he said will make the process faster and seamless, adding that in the next one week, the commission will conclude the final testing of the portal before deployment.

“At its regular weekly meeting held today, Thursday 10th July 2025, the Commission received further update on additional requests from associations seeking registration as political parties. Since last week, seven more applications have been received, bringing the total number so far to 129. All the requests are being processed.

“Unlike the manual method used in previous registration, the Commission is introducing a  political party registration portal which is a module in our Party Financial Reporting and Auditing System  (PFRAS). This will make the process faster and seamless. In the next one week, the Commission will conclude the final testing of the portal before deployment.

“Thereafter, the next step for associations that meet the requirements to proceed to the application stage will be announced. The Commission will also issue guidelines to facilitate the filing of applications using the PFRAS,”Olumekun stated.