Section 77 Electoral Act 2026

Section 77 of the Nigerian Electoral Act 2026 is about Political parties to be bodies corporate. It provides as follows:

(1) A political party registered under this Act shall be a body corporate with
perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its
corporate name.

(2) A party shall maintain a digital register of its members containing the name, sex, date of birth, address, State, Local Government, ward, polling unit, National
Identification Number and photograph in both hard and soft copies.

(3) Upon registration, a membership card shall be issued to the member.

(4) Each political party shall make such register available to the Commission not
later than 21 days before the date fixed for the party primaries, congresses or conventions.

(5) Only members whose names are contained in the register shall be eligible to vote and be voted for in party primaries, congresses and conventions.

(6) A political party shall not use any other register for party primaries, congresses and conventions except the register submitted to the Commission.

(7) A party that fails to submit the membership register within the stipulated time
shall not be eligible to field a candidate for that election.

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