INEC receives 110 applications for new political party registration
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that 110 groups are seeking registration as political parties. According to the Commission’s chairman, Yakubu Mahmood, who made the disclosure in Abuja on Wednesday, this was the number of applications as at Monday June 23. He posted: “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.”
