By Jonathan Ugbal
Ahead of the 2027 general elections in Nigeria, the country’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission says it has received letters of intent from 110 associations applying to be registered as political parties, a statement by its Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu reads.
The commission says the number is correct as of Monday, June 23rd 2025 which suggests more could have been received.
“We are diligently processing the requests in line with the procedure outlined in the law as well as our Regulations and Guidelines,” the statement, issued Wednesday afternoon and published on its Facebook page read.
“We have acknowledged all requests received so far except six of them received recently which will be done before the end of the week,” the statement read, adding that, the guidelines for registering new political parties is “available on the Commission’s website.”
Meanwhile, the commission has also released the list, “indicating their proposed names, acronyms, addresses and the names of their Chairmen and Secretaries.”
Read the full statement below;
INEC Receives 110 Applications for New Political Party Registration:
As at Monday, 23rd June 2025, the Commission has received letters of intent from 110 associations that wish to register as political parties. We are diligently processing the requests in line with the procedure outlined in the law as well as our 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.
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu
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