2019: INEC registers 23 new parties, extends voter registration

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered 23 new political parties.

In a notice on Tuesday, the commission invited chairmen and secretaries of the party to pick up their certificates at its headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.

This brings to 91 the total number of parties in the country.

INEC has also extended the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise by two weeks.

The commission had said it would suspend the exercise on August 17 until after the 2019 general election.

S/N NAME OF ASSOCIATION ACRONYM REMARK 1 Advanced Alliance Party APP 2 Advanced NigeriaDemocratic 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 MovementLM 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 NigeriaCongress SNC 18 United Patriots UP 19 United Peoples Congress UPC 20 We The PeopleNigeria WTPN 21 Yes Electorates Solidarity YES 22 Youth Party YP 23 Zenith Labour Party ZLP

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