Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has reeled out the list of 110 political associations seeking registration as political parties ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC’s Commission’s Chairman, revealed this at the second regular consultative meeting with Media Executives held at the national headquarters of the commission in Abuja.
He equally revealed that arrangements have been concluded to conduct the outstanding bye-elections and resume the conduct of Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
Prof. Yakubu decried the partisan insinuations in some quarters that it is equivocating on the matter in a manner that compromises its independence, stressing that nothing can be further from the truth.
“Clearly, one of the topical issues on election administration in our country today is the status of the letters of intent we received from associations seeking registration as political parties amidst partisan insinuations in some quarters that the commission is equivocating on the matter in a manner that compromises our independence. Nothing can be further from the truth.
“Nigerians may recall that the same unfounded accusation was made under similar circumstances in 2013 that the commission was not keen on the proposed merger of political parties because INEC had “merged with the ruling party” at the time.
“For the record, the present Commission registered the largest number of political parties in Nigeria strictly following the provision of the electoral legal framework. For the 2019 General Election, there were 91 political parties and 73 presidential candidates. The Commission was criticised in some quarters for registering too many political parties. After the election, the commission also deregistered over 70 political parties as provided by law.
“We wish to reassure Nigerians that under the current situation, we will continue to be guided by law and act with fairness to all associations seeking registration as political parties. We will treat all requests fairly irrespective of the status of their promoters, be they ordinary or prominent citizens.
“Nigerians will be fully briefed of the actions taken by the commission every step of the way. 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.
“The commission has released the full list of the 110 associations seeking registration as political parties indicating their proposed names, acronyms, addresses and the names of their protem Chairmen and Secretaries. For transparency and public information, the list has been uploaded to our website and social media platforms,” Yakubu said.
Below is the full list of the 110 associations seeking registration:
1.Key of Freedom Party (KFP)
2. Absolute Congress (ABC)
3. All Grassroots Party (AGP)
4. Congress Action Party (CAP)
5. United Social Democrats (USDP)
6. National Action Congress Party (NACP)
7. Great Alliance Party (GAP)
8. New Nigeria Congress (NNC)
9. United Peoples Victory Party (UPVP)
10. Allied Conservative Congress (ACC)
11. Peoples Freedom Party (PFP)
12. All Nigerians’ Party (AND)
13. Abundant Social Party (ASP)
14. Citizens Party of Nigeria (CPN)
15. National Freedom Party (NFP)
16. Patriots Party (PP)
17. Movement of the People (MOP)
18. Peoples National Congress (PNC)
19. African Union Congress (AUC)
20. Alliance of Patriots (AOP)
21. Socialist Equality Party (SEP)
22. About Nigeria Party (ABNP)
23. African Reformation Party (ARP)
24. Accelerated African Development Association (AADA)
25. Obidient Peoples Party (OPP)
26. Zonal Rescue Movement (ZRM)
27. Zuma Reform (ZR)
28. Party for Socialist Transformation (PST)
29. Liberation People’s Party (LPP)
30. Progressive Obedients Party (POP)
31. Great Nigeria Party (GNP)
32. National Youth Alliance (NYA)
33. National Reform Party (NRP)
34. Patriotic Congress Party (PCP)
35. Community Alliance Party (CAP)
36. Grassroot Alliance Party (GAP)
37. Advance Nigeria Congress (ANC)
38. All Nigerians Alliance (ANA)
39. Team New Nigeria (TNN)
40. All Labour’s Party (ALP)
41. New Green Generation Coalition Party (NGOCP)
42. New Green Congress (NGC)
43. New Green Coalition Party (NGCP)
44. About All (Nigerian)
45. Nigerian Liberty Movement
46. National Democratic Party
47. Citizen United Congress
48. All Gender Party
49. Polling Unit Ambassadors of Nigeria
50. Village Intelligence Party
51. Great Transformation Party
52. Alliance Social Party
53. Nigeria Democratic Alliance
54. New National Democratic Party
55. Obedients Peoples Party (Not Provided)
56. Nourish Democratic People’s Congress
57. All Youth Reclaim Party
58. LA RIBA Multipurpose Cooperative Society
59. Alliance Youth Party of Nigeria
60. The True Democrats
61. Democratic Peoples Congress
62. National Democratic Movement
63. Economic Liberation Party
64. Grassroot Ambassador’s Party
65. All For All Congress
66. People Democratic Alliance
67. United National Youths Party of Nigeria
68. Peoples Liberation Party
69. Democratic Union for Progress
70. Citizen Democratic Alliance
71. African Action Group
72. Patriots Alliance Network
73. Democratic Leadership Party
74. Pink Political Party
75. Young Motivation & Awareness for Development Forum
76. Access Party
77. Youth Progressive Empowerment Initiative
78. Grassroot Ambassadors’ Party
79. Republican Party of Nigeria
80. Sceptre Influence Party
81. Young Democratic Congress
82. Patriotic Nigerians Party
83. Far-Right Party
84. Democratic People’s Party
85. United Citizens Congress
86. Reset Nigeria
87. New Nigeria Democratic Party
88. Save Nigeria People Party
89. Above All
90. Alliance for Youth and Women Party
91. Rebuild Nigeria Group
92. Citizen Progressive Party
93. Good Guardian Party
94. Abiding Greatness Party
95. Patriotic Peoples’ Party
96. Development & Freedom Party
97. Peace, Unity & Prosperity Culture
98. The Populist Party
99. New Nigeria Leadership Party
100. All Allies Alliance
101. National Action Network
102. Coalition for Nigerian Democrats
103. Republican Party of Nigeria
104. Abundance Africa Alliance
105. Freewill Humanitarian Party
106. Peoples Emancipation Party
107. Peoples Liberation Congress Party
108. Peoples Democratic Congress
109. All Democratic Alliance
110. Advanced Democratic Alliance
On the bye-elections and resumption of CVR, the INEC boss said: “I cannot conclude my remarks without briefing you on the conduct of outstanding bye-elections and the resumption of the CVR. I am glad to announce that the commission is now in a position to conduct the bye-elections and to resume the nationwide CVR. The commission met on Tuesday this week and we are finalising the details of the two activities which will be made public in the next 24 hours. As usual we look forward to your support,” Yakubu said.