To confirm receipt of their application for registration as a political party in Nigeria, the supporters of the planned All Democratic Alliance (ADA) have contacted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
INEC recognized that the application filed by the Protem National Chairman of the ADA on June 19, 2025, is presently being reviewed in a letter dated June 27, 2025, signed by the Secretary of the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony.
In a typical but formal gesture that the application will be given due attention, the Commission ended its email by wishing the petitioners the best of luck.
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The letter said, “The Commission is processing your application in accordance with the provisions of our Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties, 2022, Part 1, clause 2(ii).”
If registration is successful, ADA would join a growing number of political platforms that are positioning themselves as alternatives to Nigeria’s major parties in preparation for the 2027 election cycle, according to reports.
110 applications to register as political parties have been received, INEC said earlier this week.
Ezenwa Nwagu, the executive director of the Peering Advocacy and Advisory Center in Africa, has called the 110 associations that are requesting to be registered as political parties with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “jokes.”
The INEC Chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu, revealed at the Commission’s second quarterly meeting with the media on Wednesday that as of Monday, June 23, 2025, 110 associations have sent letters of intent to the electoral management body expressing their desire to register as political parties, according to Naija News.
Nwagu, in an interview with Arise Television, emphasized that specific requirements must be fulfilled, pointing out that many of the associations are either without a valid address, a chairman, a secretary, a constitution, an acronym, or a valid location.
Records show that up to 70 of these societies have maintained offices in graves, he said.
