BREAKING: INEC Deregisters 74 Political Parties
POLITICS DIGEST – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deregistered 74 political parties from participating in subsequent elections in the country.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday.
He said the deregistration follows the parties’ failure to meet constitutional requirements that determine the continuous existence of political parties in the country.
With this development, Nigeria now has only 16 political parties.
Yakubu said the parties failed to meet constitutional requirements that determine the continuous existence of political parties in the country.
INEC said the deregistered parties breached their requirements for registration because they failed to win at least 2596 of votes cast in one State of the federation during the Presidential election.
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INEC also said the parties, since their existence, did not win one local government of a state in a governorship election.
The deregistered parties, according to INEC also failed to win at least one ward in the chairmanship elections in local governments.
Dome also failed to win one seat in the National or State House of Assembly election or one seat In a Councillorshlp election since they were registered.
Section 225A of Nigeria’s constitution empowers INEC to register and deregister political parties in the countries.
Before deregistration of the 74 parties, Nigeria had 90 political parties qualified to contest elections.
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