Full List Of 14 Political Associations Considered For Registration As INEC Disqualifies 157

Full List Of 14 Political Associations

OpenLife Nigeria reports that the letters of intent of 157 of the 171 political associations seeking to be registered as political parties failed to scale the first hurdle of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The development means they failed to meet the requirements of the laws for registration as political parties.

The Commission said only 14 of the associations meet the requirements of the law to process to the next stage of the registration exercise, adding that it will verify all claims by the associations before being registered.

The All Democratic Alliance (ADA) initially believed to be the platform for the coalition against the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu government is one of the associations that has been pre-qualified to advance to the next stage.

Other associations are African Transformation Party (ATP); Advance Nigeria Congress (ANC); Abundance Social Party (ASP); African Alliance Party (AAP); Citizens Democratic Alliance (CDA); Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA) and Grassroots Initiative Alliance (GRIP).

Others are: Green Future Party (GFP); Liberation Party’s Party (LPP); National Democratic Party (NDP); National Reform Party (NRP); Patriotic People’s Alliance (PPA) and People’s Freedom Party (PFP).

A statement by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun said the Commission will communicate its decision to all the parties within the next 24 hours.

The statement reads: “the Commission held its regular meeting today, Thursday 11th September 2025. In addition to reviewing our preparations for forthcoming off-cycle governorship elections and the end-of-tenure Area Council election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the meeting also considered the report of its Committee on the Review of Letters of Intent from associations seeking registration as political parties.

“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, the Commission 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.

“We wish to reiterate that party registration is a continuous process under the law. The Commission remains open to the consideration of applications that meet the criteria as provided by law.”