110 Associations Are Seeking Party Registration Ahead Of 2027 – INEC

Independent National Electoral Commission

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has come out to say that INEC has received letters of intent from 110 associations seeking registration as political parties ahead of the 2027 general election.

He recently revealed that as of June 23, the commission is carefully processing all the letters in accordance with electoral laws and guidelines.

According to him, all party registration requests have been acknowledged thus far, except 6 letters that will be addressed before the week ends.

He added that all the requests will be treated fairly, irrespective of the status of those involved.

His words, “As of 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.

We will treat all requests fairly irrespective of the status of their promoters, be they ordinary or prominent citizens.

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 yesterday and we are finalising the details of the two activities which will be made public in the next 24 hours.

We look forward to the continued support of the media.”

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