Politics
INEC registers 23 new parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday registered 23 additional political parties.
This brings the total number of parties in the country to 91.
In a notice on Tuesday, the commission invited chairmen and secretaries of the parties to collect their certificates at its headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.
In a related development, INEC also extended the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise by two weeks, reversing its earlier decision to suspend the exercise on August 17 until after the 2019 general election.
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The list of the newly registered parties are below:
1 Advanced Alliance Party APP
2 Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party ANDP
3 African Action Congress AAC
4 Alliance for a United Nigeria AUN
5 Alliance of Social Democrats ASD
6 Alliance National Party ANP
7 Allied People’s Movement APM
8 Alternative Party of Nigeria APN
9 Change Nigeria Party CNP
10 Congress Of Patriots COP
11 Liberation Movement LM
12 Movement for Restoration and Defence of Democracy MRDD
13 Nigeria Community Movement Party NCMP
14 Nigeria For Democracy NFD
15 Peoples Coalition Party PCP
16 Reform and Advancement Party RAP
17 Save Nigeria Congress SNC
18 United Patriots UP
19 United Peoples Congress UPC
20 We The People Nigeria WTPN
21 Yes Electorates Solidarity YES
22 Youth Party YP
23 Zenith Labour Party ZLP
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