The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued certificate of registration to the five newly registered political parties in Nigeria.
The 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).
TheNewsGuru.com reports that INEC had last week announced the registration of the new parties.
This brings to 45, the number of registered political parties in the country.
Adedeji Soyebi, INEC’s Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, made the disclosure at the end of the commission’s meeting in Kaduna.
“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,” Soyebi said.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the electoral umpire also announced its decision to register more political parties before the 2019 elections.
The commission stated that the process of registering new political parties would continue until six months to the conduct of the next general elections as stipulated under the law.
It added that the registration of the five new political parties was not final, noting that any political association that meets its requirements will be registered.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Founder of Daar Communications and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Raymond Dokpesi, alongside other notable politicians recently floated a new political party the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance, APDA.