Nigeria now has 18 political parties as INEC deregisters 74 ahead of 2023 elections
INEC chairman says the deregistered parties did not meet the commission's requirements.
INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu says the 74 political parties did not meet requirement. (ChannelsTV)
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The commission left only 18 out of 92 parties registered for the 2019 elections.
The deregistration of the parties was announced in Abuja on Thursday, February 6, 2020, by INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
According to the INEC boss, Nigeria now has 18 parties, adding that the 75 deregistered parties did not satisfy the commission’s requirement.
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The 18 parties are: Accord Party, Action Alliance, African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, All Progressives Congress, All Progressives Grand Alliance and Allied Peoples Movement, 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.
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