KOWA Party

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KOWA Party
AbbreviationKP
National chairmanSaidu Bobboi
FoundedJuly 2009
Headquarters129 Corner Shop, Beside Total Filling Station, Fed. Housing Est., Lugbe, Abuja [1]
Ideology Technocracy
Slogan“Together, we make a difference” [2]
Website
kowaparty.ng

KOWA Party (KP) is a political party in Nigeria. KOWA was registered as a political party by the Independent National Electoral Commission on July 16, 2009, [3] by a group of Nigerian Civil Society activists, professionals and technocrats. The current National Chairman of the party is Mr. Saidu Bobboi. [4]

KOWA Party is the first Nigerian political party to adopt online voting, exam writing for candidates in the presidential primary election of the party. [5] [6]

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References

  1. Okogba, Emmanuel (January 20, 2018). "List of all Registered Political Parties, their Headquarters addresses and Principal Officers".
  2. "2019: KOWA Party announces presidential candidate". 30 September 2018.
  3. "Kowa Party". inecnigeria.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-06.
  4. "Punch Newspaper - Breaking News, Nigerian News & Multimedia". Punch Newspapers.
  5. "KOWA Party adopts online voting, exam writing for presidential primary". September 29, 2018.
  6. "Presidential aspirants will write exam before contesting in 2019 - National Secretary". www.pulse.ng. February 3, 2018.