The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cleared 14 associations to proceed to the next stage of their applications to be registered as political parties in Nigeria.
INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this after the commission’s meeting.
He revealed that INEC had received 171 applications, which were assessed based on their prima facie compliance with Section 222 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), Section 79 of the Electoral Act 2022, and Clause 2 of the Commission’s Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties 2022.
