The Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), on Thursday, mentioned 14 associations in search of to register as political events have been cleared to proceed to the subsequent stage of the registration course of, whereas 157 others had been rejected for failing to fulfill constitutional and authorized necessities.
The Fee, in a press release signed by Nationwide Commissioner and Chairman, Data and Voter Schooling Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed that out of 171 requests acquired, solely 14 scaled by way of the preliminary evaluation.
Based on a doc launched by INEC, these cleared embody African Transformation Occasion (ATP), All Democratic Alliance (ADA), Advance Nigeria Congress (ANC), Abundance Social Occasion (ASP), African Alliance Occasion (AAP), Residents Democratic Alliance (CDA), and Democratic Management Alliance (DLA).
Others had been the Grassroots Initiative Occasion (GRIP), Inexperienced Future Occasion (GFP), Liberation Individuals’s Occasion (LPP), Nationwide Democratic Occasion (NDP), Nationwide Reform Occasion (NRP), Patriotic Peoples Alliance (PPA) and Peoples Freedom Occasion (PFP).
Olumekun mentioned every software was scrutinised in opposition to Part 222 of the 1999 Structure (as amended), Part 79 (1, 2, and 4) of the Electoral Act 2022, and Clause 2 (i and ii) of the Fee’s Rules and Tips for Political Events 2022.
He defined that the clearance doesn’t quantity to full registration, stressing that the ultimate willpower of their registrability would solely be made after INEC’s bodily verification of all claims made by the teams.
“Out of the overall variety of purposes acquired, 14 associations have met the necessities to proceed to the subsequent stage whereas 157 haven’t. The Fee shall formally talk the choice arising from right this moment’s assembly to all of the associations within the subsequent 24 hours,” he mentioned.
“In the meantime, the record of the 14 pre-qualified associations has been printed on our web site and different official platforms for public data.”
Olumekun mentioned interim Chairmen and Secretaries of the pre-qualified associations are invited to a briefing on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at 11:00 am on the Fee’s Headquarters in Abuja.
Based on him, along with importing the required data to the portal, they’ll bodily confirm all claims by every affiliation consistent with our Rules and Tips.
“The ultimate willpower of the registrability of the associations as political events might be made after the bodily verification of all their claims to find out compliance with the authorized framework,” he mentioned.
“We want to reiterate that occasion registration is a steady course of beneath the regulation. The Fee stays open to the consideration of purposes that meet the factors as offered by regulation.”
