Nine Nigerian parties collect candidate codes for 2027 elections

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reported that nine registered political parties have obtained the necessary access codes to submit their candidates' particulars for the upcoming 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections. Malam Mohammed Haruna, INEC's National Commissioner for Voter Education and Publicity, confirmed this development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.

Haruna specified that as of Monday's close of business, nine political parties had collected these codes. The parties identified are Accord (A), Action Alliance (AA), African Democratic Congress (ADC), All Progressives Congress (APC), Labour Party (LP), National Democratic Congress (NDC), National Democratic Party (NDP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), and Social Democratic Party (SDP). He emphasized that it is the responsibility of each political party to approach INEC for these codes, rather than the commission distributing them directly to party secretariats. Individuals collecting codes on behalf of parties must provide an authorization letter from the party leadership.

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As of close of work on Monday, nine politicians have collected the access code for the national elections.

INEC has established guidelines for the candidate nomination process, and Haruna advised all political parties to strictly follow these rules. The commission has already conducted training for party officials on the procedures. Haruna cautioned parties against delaying their submissions until the deadline, noting that INEC has been accommodating by extending the final submission time to midnight on the deadline date. He stressed that INEC cannot be held responsible if parties wait until the last moment to complete and submit their forms online.

The submission period for nomination forms for presidential and National Assembly candidates is scheduled from June 27 to July 11. Following this, the submission of nomination forms for governorship and State Assembly candidates will take place from July 18 to August 8, according to INEC's timetable for the 2027 general election.

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INEC has been generous by extending the deadline from the close of work to midnight of the deadline date. If any political party decides to wait until the deadline, INEC cannot be blamed for that.