INEC Prunes Political Parties To 18
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has pruned down the political parties in the country to 18, deregistering 74 ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The commission had prior to the 2019 election registered some parties, increasing the number to 92 parties that were in existence during the 2019 elections.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday said 75 parties did not satisfy the requirement but one went to court, adding that the Booth Party, which registered after 2019, would continue to exist.
According to him, “Nigeria now has 18 parties.”
The 18 parties that scaled the hurdles are Accord Party, Action Alliance, African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, All Progressives Congress, All Progressives Grand Alliance and Allied Peoples Movement, Labour Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party, National Rescue Movement, Peoples Democratic Party, Peoples Redemption Party, Social Democratic Party, Young Progressives Party, and Zenith Labour Party.
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