ANN, Others Get INEC Certificate of Registration

The Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) and 20 other new political parties got their certificates of registration as political parties from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday in Abuja at a ceremony presided over the Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu.

The commission had announced in November last year that 21 political associations that applied to the it for registration had met its criteria and had been registered as political parties. Yesterday’s occasion was the official presentation of certificates to the associations.

Speaking after the collection of their certificate, the protem National Chairman of ANN, Dr. Jay Osi Samuels, said with the completion of the registration process and collection of certificate, the work for has just begun for the party to really present itself as a viable alternative to the two dominant parties, the APC and the PDP which has been found wanting in the last 19 years.

He added that the collection of the certificate was a major milestone in the history of the party.

“Today marks a milestone in the history of ANN with the presentation of this certificate. For us, the work has only just begun. We shall be spreading the ANN message of hope for a new Nigeria to the nooks and crannies of this country. We will intensify our membership drive as we intend to surpass our baseline target of 10 million registered members by October 2018,” Samuels said.