INEC receives 12 additional applications for party registration

INEC receives 12 additional applications for party registration

The impartial national Electoral fee (INEC) has showed that it has now acquired a complete of 122 packages from institutions looking for registration as political events.

This was contained in a assertion launched on Thursday by means of Sam Olumekun, INEC countrywide Commissioner and Chairman of its records and Voter education Committee. The today’s parent marks an growth from the 110 packages announced with the aid of the fee on June 23.

“On Monday closing week, 23rd June 2025, the commission announced that it had received programs from one hundred ten associations looking for registration as political events,” Olumekun said. “As of the day prior to this, Wednesday, second July 2025, the commission has received 12 greater applications, bringing the entire to 122.”

He reaffirmed the fee’s commitment to carrying out the review procedure with fairness and transparency, assuring the public that the names, acronyms, addresses, and intervening time management info of the applicant institutions were made to be had on INEC’s internet site and different public structures.

Olumekun also highlighted that the programs can be assessed in keeping with the Electoral Act and INEC’s 2022 rules and guidelines for Political parties. He found out that the commission had discovered inner management changes in a number of the applicant businesses, which include one case wherein an intervening time secretary defected to another association.

INEC has urged all applicant associations to ensure consistency in their management and get in touch with facts during the application technique.

“To facilitate the attention of these packages, the commission appeals to institutions to keep consistency in their proposed leadership and addresses so they do now not, by their personal moves, reason delays to the timely attention of their programs,” the statement read.

The fee continues to reveal traits and has pledged to preserve Nigerians knowledgeable because the assessment manner unfolds.