The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the registration of two new political parties.
The announcement was made by INEC Chairman Joash Amupitan at the commission’s first regular consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja on Thursday.
The newly registered parties are the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA) and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
Amupitan revealed that the registration process was concluded after a rigorous assessment process in which the commission received 171 letters of intent from associations seeking recognition as political parties.
He added that 14 associations passed the initial pre-qualification stage.
“Of these, eight successfully uploaded their documents on the commission’s dedicated portal,” the INEC chairman stated.
They are the All Democratic Alliance (ADA), Citizens Democratic Alliance (CDA), Abundance Social Party (ASP), African Alliance Party (AAP), Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA), Green Future Party (GFP), National Democratic Party (NDP) and the Peoples Freedom Party (PFP).
“Out of the eight above, only two qualified for final assessment and verification of due compliance with the constitution and the Electoral Act,” Amupitan shared.
