KADUNA – Ahead of the 2019 general elections, five new political parties have been registered, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Wednesday.
According to INEC’s Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Adedeji Soyebi, the new political parties are Young Progressive Party (YPP), Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA), New Generation Party of Nigeria (NGP), All Democratic Peoples Movement (ADPM) and Action Democratic Party (ADP).
Soyebi, who spoke at the end of the Commission’s meeting in Kaduna on Wednesday, said this brings to 45, the number of registered political parties in the country.
His words, “At present, 95 associations have applied to the commission for registration as political parties. Two of the associations voluntarily withdrew their applications.
“The commission today approved the applications of five of the associations which have fulfilled the constitutional requirements for registration”
He spoke on ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), which began on April 27, saying “So far, 31,808 persons have collected their PVCs while 34, 560 others applied for transfer of Polling Units.”
The commissioner said owing to budgetary constraints, INEC could not currently decentralize the voter registration to the Registration Area level.
He however said consideration would be given to Anambra, Ekiti and Osun states where governorship elections would hold this year and 2018 respectively.
