INEC registers 21 new political parties (SEE FULL LIST)

21 new political parties registered.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered 21 new political parties.

This was revealed in a statement signed by Mrs May Agbmuche-Mbu.

The approval of the registration was given at the commission’s weekly meeting on Thursday in Abuja, making the number of registered parties 67 in the country.

The list of the newly registered political parties are:

All Blending Party (ABP), All Grassroots Alliance (AGA), Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP), Coalition for Change (C4C) and Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), Grassroots Development Party of Nigeria (GDPN), Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP), Legacy Party of Nigeria (LPN), Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA), Modern Democratic Party (MDP), National Interest Party (NIP), National Rescue Mission (NRM) and New Progressive Mission (NPM).

New Progressive Movement (NPM), Nigeria Democratic Congress Party (NDCP), People’s Alliance for National Development and Liberty (PANDEL), People’s Trust (PT) and Providence People’s Congress (PPC), Re-Build Nigeria Party (RBNP), Restoration Party of Nigeria (RP) and Sustainable National Party (SNP).

Naija News gathered that the commission also approved immediate and compulsory retirement of a member of staff and the dismissal of two others in Kogi office over involvement in alleged double registration of Gov. Yahaya Bello in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).