The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that fourteen political associations have scaled the first hurdle in their bid for registration as political parties, while one hundred and fifty-seven others failed to meet the requirements.
The decision was taken at the commission’s regular meeting on Thursday, where it reviewed preparations for the upcoming off-cycle governorship elections and the end-of-tenure Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory.
In a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, INEC disclosed that it received one hundred and seventy-one applications from associations seeking party registration.
The statement disclosed that each request was assessed based on its prima facie compliance with the provisions of relevant sections of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).
