The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
approved the registration of 21 new political parties, bringing the number of
registered parties in the country to 67.
The approval, according to a statement signed by Mrs May
Agbmuche-Mbu, INEC National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter
Education Committee, was given at the commission’s weekly meeting on Thursday
in Abuja.
The statement said that the associations were registered as political parties, because they had fulfilled the constitutional requirements for registration.
The statement said that the associations were registered as political parties, because they had fulfilled the constitutional requirements for registration.
The new political parties are All Blending Party (ABP), All
Grassroots Alliance (AGA), Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), Abundant Nigeria
Renewal Party (ANRP), Coalition for Change (C4C) and Freedom and Justice Party
(FJP).
Also registered are Grassroots Development Party of Nigeria
(GDPN), Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP), Legacy Party of Nigeria (LPN), Mass
Action Joint Alliance (MAJA), Modern Democratic Party (MDP), National Interest
Party (NIP), National Rescue Mission (NRM) and New Progressive Mission (NPM).
New Progressive Movement (NPM), Nigeria Democratic Congress
Party (NDCP), People’s Alliance for National Development and Liberty (PANDEL),
People’s Trust (PT) and Providence People’s Congress (PPC) were also
registered.
Also on the list are Re-Build Nigeria Party (RBNP),
Restoration Party of Nigeria (RP) and Sustainable National Party (SNP).
The commission also approved immediate and compulsory
retirement of a member of staff and the dismissal of two others in Kogi office
over act of gross misconduct. It said that the action was taken against the
three members of staff over their involvement in alleged double registration of
Gov. Yahaya Bello in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
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