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BREAKING: INEC deregisters 74 political parties, announces dates for Ondo, Edo guber polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deregistered 74 political parties.
The commission carried out a review of the performance of political parties after the 2019 general elections to see which parties qualify to exist.
The process led to the deregistering of 74 parties. With the new decision, Nigeria now has 18 political parties, according to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu who made he announcement on Thursday.
The successful parties are Accord Party, Action Alliance, African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, All Progressives Congress, All Progressives Grand Alliance, and Allied Peoples Movement.
Others are 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.
According to Yakubu, 75 parties didn’t satisfy the requirement but one went to Court.
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INEC also announced that it has fixed dates for the Ondo and Edo governorship elections.
Edo election holds on September 19 while election holds in Ondo States on October 10, 2020.
Details later…
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