By Opeyemi Adelakun
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says nine registered political parties have collected access codes required to upload the particulars of their candidates for the 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections.
INEC National Commissioner for Voter Education and Publicity, Mohammed Haruna, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, saying the parties had completed the collection process as of the close of business on Monday.
According to Haruna, the parties include the All Progressives Congress (APC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), Labour Party (LP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Accord (A), Action Alliance (AA), National Democratic Congress (NDC), National Democratic Party (NDP) and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP).
He explained that political parties are responsible for requesting and collecting the access codes from the commission, noting that INEC does not deliver the codes to party offices.
Haruna added that only authorised representatives bearing official letters from their party leadership would be allowed to collect the codes.
He urged all participating parties to comply strictly with INEC’s candidate nomination guidelines, noting that party officials had already received training on the nomination process.
The INEC commissioner also warned political parties against delaying submissions until the deadline, stressing that although the commission had extended the closing time for submissions to midnight on the final day, it would not be responsible for delays caused by late filings.
Under the commission’s timetable, political parties are expected to submit nomination forms for presidential and National Assembly candidates between June 27 and July 11 through INEC’s online nomination portal.
The commission has scheduled the submission of governorship and State House of Assembly candidates from July 18 to August 8.
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