Party Registration: INEC Prequalifies 14 Associations, Disqualifies 157

Of the 171 associations which submitted letters of intent for registration as political parties, 14 have met the requirements to proceed to the next stage while 157 did not.

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) national commissioner and chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday.

The list of the 14 pre-qualified associations published on INEC’S website and other official platforms

named the groups as: 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 are invited to a briefing at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday next week at 11am.

According to him, 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.

Olumekun stated that the final determination of the registrability of the associations as political parties will be made after the physical verification of all their claims to determine compliance with the legal framework.

“A total of 171 requests  for registration were received. 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 Commission shall officially communicate the decision arising from today’s meeting to all the associations in the next 24 hours.

“Meanwhile, the list of the 14 pre-qualified associations has been published on our website and other official platforms for public information.

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

“In addition to uploading the required information to the portal, we will physically verify all claims by each association in line with our Regulations and Guidelines.

“The final determination of the registrability of the associations as political parties will be made after the physical verification of all their claims to determine compliance with the legal framework,” he noted.