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Parties and Candidates

Nigeria Nigeria

PC001

Registration requirements for parties (Chamber 1)
Question:What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s): f. Other
Comments: Every political party shall not later than 60 days before the date appointed for a general election, submit to the Commission in the prescribed forms the list of the candidates the Party proposes to sponsor at the elections.
Source: Electoral Act 2010, art. 31 (1, 2): http://www.inecnigeria.org/downloads/?did=5 (2013)
Verified: 2015/03/30
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PC003

Registration requirements for candidates (Chamber 1)
Question:What are the legal qualifications to become a candidate at legislative elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s): a. Age
b. Citizenship
h. Minimum level of education
j. Other
Comments: A person shall be qualified for election as a member of the House of Representatives, if that person is a citizen of Nigeria and has attained the age of 30 years, has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent, is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that party.
Source: Constitution 1999 (as amended), art. 65: http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013)
Verified: 2015/03/30
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PC008

Independent candidates
Question:Can independent candidates compete in presidential or legislative elections?
Answer(s): a. Neither in presidential nor legislative elections
Comments: No association, other than a political party, shall canvass for votes for any candidate at any election.
Source: Constitution 1999 (as amended), art. 65 (2-b), 131 (c), 221: http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013)
Verified: 2015/03/30
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PC012

Public funding of parties
Question:Do political parties receive direct/indirect public funding?
Answer(s): c. Indirect
Comments: Although the Constitution enables the National Assembly to provide by law for an annual grant to the Independent National Electoral Commission for disbursement to political parties on a fair and equitable basis to assist them in the discharge of their functions, there is no such provision in the current Electoral Law. Only indirect public funding is available, in the form of free access to the public media.
Source: Constitution 1999 (as amended), art. 228 (c): http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013); Electoral Act 2010, art. 100 (3, 4, 5, 6): http://www.inecnigeria.org/downloads/?did=5 (2013)
Verified: 2015/03/30
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PC015


Question:What is the basis of the public funding?
Answer(s): g. Not applicable
Comments: Although the Constitution enables the National Assembly to provide by law for an annual grant to the Independent National Electoral Commission for disbursement to political parties on a fair and equitable basis to assist them in the discharge of their functions, there is no such provision in the current Electoral Law. Only indirect public funding is available, in the form of free access to the public media.
Source: Constitution 1999 (as amended), art. 228 (c): http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013); Electoral Act 2010, art. 100 (3, 4, 5, 6): http://www.inecnigeria.org/downloads/?did=5 (2013)
Verified: 2015/03/30
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PC017


Question:Are political parties entitled to private funding?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments:
Source: Constitution 1999 (as amended), art. 225: http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=179202 (2013); Electoral Act 2010, art. 88: http://www.inecnigeria.org/downloads/?did=5 (2013)
Verified: 2015/03/30
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