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Nigerian Political Parties and What Their Logos Say About Them

A total of 18 political parties will participate in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, and each one will do anything to convince Nigerians they’re the best choice. And anything includes lies and exaggerations.

It’s our responsibility to fish out the truth about the intentions of these parties and there’s nowhere better to look than their logos.

If the logos of Nigerian political parties could speak, what would they say? We listened to all of them and they whispered back.

Accord (A)

We’re the “don’t worry, be happy” party. Vibes on vibes.

Action Alliance (AA)

We couldn’t afford to pay a professional graphic designer, and this was the result.

Action Democratic Party (ADP)

We’re the party of bookworms — no ASUU strikes.

Action Peoples Party (APP)

We’ll address the elephant in the room, whether it’s climate change or the price of your bread.

African Action Congress (AAC)

Who wants to party inside a 1990s disco club?

African Democratic Congress (ADC)

We offer firm handshakes and nothing more.

All Progressives Congress (APC)

Sweeping our enemies away and sweeping our own dirt under the rug.

All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)

We’ll be there to wake you in the morning when your alarm doesn’t work. Also useful for dinner.

Allied Peoples Movement (APM)

We’ll unite the country and make cassava great again.

Boot Party (BP)

We needed a logo to match our party name while also causing you eye pain.

Labour Party (LP)

We’re a respectable establishment with a strong wazobia family unit.

National Rescue Movement (NRM)

We float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. We don’t know what it means but it’s provocative; it gets the people going.

New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP)

Christmas hampers, everyone?

People’s Democratic Party (PDP)

This logo is a Rihanna song. Ella, ella, eh, eh, eh.

People’s Redemption Party (PRP)

We hold the key to unlocking all your problems.

Social Democratic Party (SDP)

This is a Lil Nas X song. Can’t nobody tell us nothing.

Young Progressive Party (YPP)

We offer the gateway to the legalisation of weed. “Come to us and ye shall always be high.”

Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)

It’s the Labour Party, but with stairs to — we sha don’t know where e dey carry us dey go.

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Samson Toromade

August 13, 2022

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How Much Are Nigerian Parties Charging Aspirants to Run for Office?

Nigerian politics is a big-money business. It’s why everyone and their children want to stay involved until rapture happens. But before anyone can get to the money on the table, they have to first drop something for the boys.

One of the biggest ways political parties in Nigeria raise money for their survival is through elections. According to Nigeria’s laws, only political parties can field candidates for elections. And before anyone aspiring for office can contest in a party’s primary election, they have to buy a nomination form and expression of interest form.

These two forms have to be bought before a party considers an aspirant to be serious about getting in the game. And because there are hundreds of people trying to get into elected office during any election cycle, political parties are usually smiling to the bank.

For example, the All Progressives Congress (APC) made over N6.9 billion just from the sale of forms to aspirants who participated in the 2019 elections.

With the 2023 general elections less than one year away, it’s harvest season again for political parties in Nigeria. Many of the parties have started selling forms to hundreds of aspirants for hundreds of positions nationwide. Let’s take a look at the billing field.

Nigerian political parties right now

All Progressives Congress (APC)

President – ₦100 million

Governor – ₦50 million

Senate – ₦20 million

House of Representatives – ₦10 million

House of Assembly – ₦2 million

Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)

President – ₦40 million

Governor – ₦21 million

Senate – ₦3.5 million

House of Representatives – ₦2.5 million

House of Assembly – ₦600k

Action Alliance (AA)

President – ₦15 million

Governor – ₦6 million

Senate – ₦3 million

House of Representatives – ₦1.5 million

House of Assembly – ₦500k

African Democratic Congress (ADC)

President – ₦25 million

Governor – ₦12 million

Senate – ₦2.5 million

House of Representatives – ₦1.5 million

House of Assembly – ₦500k

All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)

President – ₦25 million

Governor – ₦15 million

Senate – ₦10 million

House of Representatives – ₦7 million

House of Assembly – ₦2.5 million

National Rescue Movement (NRM)

President – ₦19 million

Governor – ₦8.2 million

Senate – ₦2.2 million

House of Representatives – ₦1.1 million

House of Assembly – ₦550k

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New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP)

President – ₦30 million

Governor – ₦11 million

Senate – ₦3 million

House of Representatives – ₦1,250,000

House of Assembly – ₦350k

Social Democratic Party (SDP)

President – ₦35 million

Governor – ₦16 million

Senate – ₦3 million

House of Representatives – ₦1.7 million

House of Assembly – ₦500k

Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)

President – ₦10 million

Governor – ₦2.5 million

Senate – ₦1.5 million

House of Representatives – ₦250k

House of Assembly – ₦100k

Young Progressives Party (YPP)

President – ₦20 million

Governor – ₦10 million

Senate – ₦3 million

House of Representatives – ₦2 million

House of Assembly – ₦400k

Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)

President – ₦23 million

Governor – ₦12 million

Senate – ₦2 million

House of Representatives – ₦700k

House of Assembly – ₦350k

What’s the real cost of these forms?

The costs of the forms have been controversial, especially those charged by the APC and PDP who are the two biggest parties. The costs keep climbing every new election cycle. Even President Buhari cried that he couldn’t afford the ₦27.5 million that forms cost in 2014. But those same forms cost N100 million eight years later.

Critics believe that the high cost of forms is keeping people of modest means out of politics. This equals influential political positions going to the highest bidders. The public fear is that these bidders are likely to dig into the public purse to compensate themselves if they get elected.

Just the high costs of gate fees alone limit the participation of underrepresented groups like youths and women in Nigerian politics. As a deflection, some of the parties are offering the forms at discounted rates or even for free to aspirants that are below 35, female or living with a disability. Yet, critics don’t think the gesture levels the playing field for them in any meaningful way. This is due to the other money challenges they’ll face before winning a primary election.

Political parties are the only route to public office in Nigeria. As long as they continue to be the gatekeepers of elected office, they’ll continue to cash out. During election seasons, the real winners aren’t the ones announced by INEC or the voters, the real winners are the political parties.

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Samson Toromade

April 27, 2022

Citizen

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QUIZ: If You Score 8/10 On This Political Party Quiz, You Should Run For President

A lot of people are showing interest in the Presidential position. Do you have what it takes to run for President?

Take the quiz to find out:

Miriam Onyemenam

January 25, 2022

Green White Quiz, Quizzes

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15 Nigerian Political Parties We Are Sure You’ve Never Heard Of

We were doing some research and to our surprise, APC and PDP are not the only registered political parties in Nigeria. According to INEC, there are actually 68 registered political parties! We are pretty sure you’ve never heard of these ones.
All Blending Party (ABP)

From the name, you’ll already know these ones came to play. What does All Blending Party mean?
Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP)

Is this a political party logo or the logo for a Yahoo boy’s side hustle?
All Democratic Peoples Movement (ADPM)

I like how they’ve already packed themselves inside bus. They better keep driving until they reach Cotonou, because we don’t want them here.
Citizens Popular Party (CPP)

These ones had the liver to put ‘popular’ in their party’s name. Why tell such lies?
Freedom and Justice Party (FJP)

‘Freedom and Justice’, as if any Nigerian politician knows the meaning of those words.
Green Party of Nigeria (GPN)

I like how there’s a hand telling us ‘your father’ in their logo. At least they are straightforward.
Independent Democrats (ID)

If we put all Nigerian politicians together in a room we are pretty sure none of them can spell ‘Independents’ or ‘Democrats’ but there is a political party called Independent Democrats?
Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP)

Is there anywhere in this country that justice prevails?
Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN)

These ones what to use ‘we the people, for the people’ to deceive us. Stay woke, they are all the same.
National Conscience Party (NCP)

I’m pretty sure we all know that if there’s one thing all Nigerian politicians lack, it’s conscience.
New Generation Party of Nigeria (NGP)

Just look at these wicked people that don’t want us to progress as a country. How can they use hand fan as their logo? So they are praying for us to never have light?
National Rescue Movement (NRM)

It took a bit to convince me this is a political party. What’s the bee doing there, please?
Re-build Nigeria Party (RBNP)

Please, there is nothing to rebuild we need to start from scratch. We have to lay foundation again.
Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN)

So there are people who are socialists in this country?
Young Progressive Party (YPP)

So there is a Young Progressive Party in this country and Buhari is still president. Wawu.

Toketemu Ohwovoriole

August 28, 2018

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These Are The Funniest Nigerian Political Party Logos We’ve Ever Seen

Politics in Nigeria is forever a source of humour for us. With the likes of Dino Melaye occupying seats of power, it’s a wonder this country is still running. When it comes to Nigerian politics and humour though, one of the funniest things we’ve come across in a while are these political party logos:
Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP)

We tried our hardest to decipher this logo but we still have so many questions. Why is a plant growing out of the laptop? Why is the laptop in a map of Nigeria?
Sustainable National Party (SNP)

We thought very hard about it and we couldn’t come up with a single reason a bell will be used as a party logo. Must be closing time.
United Democratic Party

There’s nothing you want to tell us. Whoever came up with this logo just went home and told their child to draw anything on paper then used it as party logo.
Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM)

Please, what’s the torchlight for? Is it to remind us that there is no light in Nigeria? Are they trying to shine a light on Nigeria? What does it mean?
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)

We know how much Nigerians love anything that signifies enjoyment but we don’t understand what a chicken is looking for on a political party’s logo.
All Progressives Congress (APC)

We’ve always wondered what APC’s broom signified. Over the last three years, we’ve discovered that their plan is to sweep all Nigerians out of the country. How else will you explain the rate at which Nigerians are leaving the country under this government?
National Conscience Party

We don’t know which is funnier, the name of this political party or the logo. As if any Nigerian politician has a conscience. If you don’t close your eyes there.
Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN)

No political party logo vexed us as much as this one. Where is the light to put on the light bulb? They should have just put a generator next to it so we know they are serious.
Re-build Nigeria Party (RBNP)

We are willing to bet this month’s salary that this logo was picked out of one of those old Macmillan textbooks.
Fresh Democratic Party (FDP)

What does the clock signify? Why is the time at 8 o’clock? Was that the exact time Okotie had his vision of becoming the president of Nigeria?
New Generation Party of Nigeria (NGP)

This is how you know the people who don’t want us to progress. 2018 but you don’t want us to be using AC to cool ourselves. We should still be using hand fan? In the end —all these parties, relevant or not, ugly logos or not, the one thing that gets to decide whether or not we keep them or kick them, is getting your PVC. If you still haven’t gotten yours, do you really want Nigeria to be better? If you are confused as to how to go about it then check out our handy guide to getting your PVC here.

Toketemu Ohwovoriole

July 4, 2018

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