{"id":119918,"date":"2025-06-20T19:22:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119918"},"modified":"2025-06-20T19:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:22:46","slug":"2027-ada-party-seeks-registration-with-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2027-ada-party-seeks-registration-with-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: ADA party seeks registration with INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As political realignment and mega coalition ahead of the 2027 general election continue, the National Opposition Coalition Group (NOCG) on Friday approached the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) with a letter to register a new political party to be known as All Democratic Alliance (ADA).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coalition took the decision after a meeting held on May 6, 2025 which was chaired by former President of the Senate, David Mark.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The letter sent to INEC dated June 19, 2025 with Reference NumberADA\/HQ\/INEC\/001\/V.1, signed by Chief Akin A. Ricketts (Protem National Chairman) Abdullahi Musa Elayo (Protem National Secretary), which was seen by our reporter reads,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cApplication For Registration As A Political Party<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe respectfully write to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) requesting the registration of our association, the All Democratic Alliance (ADA), as a political party. This is sequel to the decision taken by the Nigerian National Coalition Group to sponsor our association for full registration.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe name of the party shall be All Democratic Alliance, with ADA as our acronym and Justice for All as our slogan. The National Secretariat of the party is as stated at the bottom of the association&#8217;s letterhead used in this application.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We have also herewith attached our Logo, describing in details the symbolism of our party colours and their configuration and the corn (maize). We have further attached our Manifesto, encapsulating details of our party ideology, and our constitution providing the legal framework that defines our identity, structures our organization, regulates our affairs and guides our actions in alignment with Sections 40 and 222 of the Constitution, Section 75 of the Electoral Act (2022) and global democratic principles and objectives.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPlease find attached the following documents: Our Party Logo (flag) depicting our Name, Acronym and Slogan; Manifesto; Constitution, and Minutes of Meeting.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhile we eagerly await further action from the Commission on the next step forward towards attaining our desired goal, please accept the consideration of our highest respect\u201d.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poinblanknews.com further gathered that from the minutes of a meeting held by the coalition on June 19th, 2025, in Abuja, it passed the following resolutions,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cApproved the formation of a political association named All Democratic Alliance.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cApproved its conversion into the said political association named<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cApproved that the association apply to INEC for registration as a political party by its name &#8211; as All Democratic Alliance (ADA); Approved the Party Logo, Slogan and Motto; Approved the party manifesto; Approved the Constitution of the Party; and Approved the appointment of the Interim Leadership of the party as follows: Chief Akin A. Ricketts and Abdullahi Musa Elayo, Protem Chairman and Protem National Secretary.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cApproved for the interim leadership of the new political party (ADA) to; Secure a befitting Office accommodation of the party; Facilitate the registration of the Party with the Independence National Electoral Commission; And when successful, open a Bank Account for the Party for financial transactions; and Operate the activities of the party as enshrined in the Constitution of the Party and the Electoral Act. (2022)\u201d.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minute was signed by Hon. Rotimi Amaechi Chairman and Dr. Umar Ardo as Secretary.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the party\u2019s manifesto, its vision is to \u201cTo mobilize Nigeria\u2019s diverse peoples into a cohesive democratic force that will restore the moral, political, economic and social compass of the nation by rebuilding trust in governance and institutions, establishing a patriotic national culture and creating a leadership elite based on merit, vision and public spirit\u201d.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Its core objectives include: \u201cTranscend historical and ethnic arguments to settle national disagreements; Eliminate all forms of ethnic and religious extremism, sectarianism and separatist tendencies; Entrench economic, political and cultural equality of all Nigerians; and Promote dialogue, inclusivity, and mutual respect across Nigeria\u2019s diverse communities\u201d.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, it is unclear if former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasiru El\u2019Rufai are part of the coalition as at the time of filling this report.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the fact that former Senate President chaired the meeting suggests that he is on his way out of the main opposition party.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/pointblanknews.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1750528814958000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2PXnXQvwwv0N9oaZYnmlzT\">pointblanknews.com<\/a>\u00a0enquired if former Senate President David Mark has abandoned the Peoples Democratic Party, a source close to the elder statesman who does not want to be mentioned said that the fact that he was part of a coalition meeting does not mean that he has resigned from the PDP.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI don\u2019t have the information yet, but since you have a document, use it to extract your information,\u201d he responded.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa As political realignment and mega coalition ahead of the 2027 general election continue, the National Opposition Coalition Group (NOCG) on Friday approached the Independent National Election Commission&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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