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This is a list of political parties in Nigeria. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has a multi-party system. The largest by National Assembly seats are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Change Nigeria Party 1,874 0.01 Chukwu-Eguzolugo Sunday Chikendu Justice Must Prevail Party: 1,853 0.01 Madu Nnamdi Edozie Independent Democrats 1,845 0.01 Osuala Chukwudi John Re-build Nigeria Party 1,792 0.01 Albert Owuru Ambrose Hope Democratic Party 1,663 0.01 David Esosa Ize-Iyamu Better Nigeria Progressive Party 1,649 0.01 Inwa Ahmed Sakil
[10] In Nigeria, men and women have an equal right to participate in public office, which is guaranteed to them by the constitution. Section 40 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria bestows upon Nigerian citizens the right to belong to any political party, trade union or any other association for the protection of his ...
The two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the People's Democratic Party, fielding candidates in the elections across various states except Rivers where a court order prohibits The All Progressives Congress from fielding candidates as a result of an internal crisis with the state chapter of the party.
Defunct political parties in Nigeria (1 C, 38 P) F. Federalist parties in Nigeria (1 C, 4 P) L. Liberal parties in Nigeria (5 P) N. National interest party ...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) was a political party founded in Nigeria in 2009. [1]In February 2013, the party merged with the Action Congress of Nigeria, the All Nigeria Peoples Party, and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance to form the All Progressives Congress.
The People's Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, [3] along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress. [4] [3] [5] Its policies generally lie towards the centre-right of the political spectrum. [2] It won every presidential election between 1999 and 2011.
Other functions of the constitution include a division of power between the federal government and the states, and protection of various individual liberties of the nation's citizens. Nigerian politics takes place within a framework of a federal and presidential republic and a representative democracy , in which executive power is held by the ...