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| Name: | Political Parties (Registration and Activities) Decree 1996 (No. 28 of 1996). |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Subject(s): | Human rights |
| Type of legislation: | Regulation, Decree, Ordinance |
| Adopted on: | 1996-10-23 |
| Entry into force: | |
| Published on: | Official Gazette (Decrees 1996), 1996-12-27, Vol. 83, No. 28, pp. A295-334 |
| ISN: | NGA-1996-R-47428 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=47428&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Official Gazette (Decrees 1996), 1996-12-27, Vol. 83, No. 28, pp. A295-334 |
| Abstract/Citation: | Empowers the National Electoral Commission to make guidelines governing political parties and to dissolve or proscribe any political association. Prohibits political parties from maintaining associated quasi-political organizations and to receive or maintain funds outside of Nigeria. Schedule I sets forth fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy, which include fundamental freedoms, prevention of discrimination, and just and humane working conditions. |