23 new political parties have been registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
This was made known on Tuesday just as INEC also announced the closing date for the continuous voters registration exercise to August 23 from August 17.
The registration of new parties has brought the number of political parties in the country to 91.
Already, their chairmen and secretaries have been invited to pick their certificates on Thursday at the INEC secretariat in Abuja.
The new parties are:
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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