The registration exercise, which commenced on September 17 with a briefing session for pre-qualified associations, allowed interested groups to submit their documents through a dedicated online portal between September 18 and October 18. Out of the 14 associations initially cleared to participate, eight successfully completed all necessary submissions by October 19.
The associations that met the requirements include the All Democratic Alliance, Citizens Democratic Alliance, Abundance Social Party, African Alliance Party, Democratic Leadership Alliance, Green Future Party, National Democratic Party, and Peoples Freedom Party. Those disqualified are the African Transformation Party (ATP), Advance Nigeria Congress (ANC), Grassroots Initiative Party (GRIP), Liberation People’s Party (LPP), National Reform Party (NRP), and Patriotic Peoples Alliance (PPA).