INEC: Nigeria election office don remove 74 political parties from dia register
Nigeria election office, Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) don don remove 74 political parties from dia register.
(File foto) Dis na wen di leadership of Nigeria election office, Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) go meet President Buhari to brief am di 2019 General Election report - 07/01/2020. Inec Chairmo Mahmood Yakubu wey announce am give tori pipo for Abuja tok say di deregistration dey according to di Nigerian constitution as the parties no meet di commission requirements and with dis new decision na 18 political parties remain. Mahmood explain say na 74 political parties no satisfy di requirements of di Fourth Alteration wey dey inside di constitution but one of di political parties, Action People Party (APP) don carry dem go court and dem don get order wey no go allow make di commission deregister dem. INEC press briefing Wetin be the requirements wey dem no meet Before di 2019 general elections, Nigeria bin get 191 political parties, another one join after di elections wey make am 192. Di constitution give INEC power to deregister political parties if dem fail to meet di following requirements: For di Edo and Ondo states governorship elections and bye elections wey go hold for di kontri, INEC don fix di date. Di tenure of di governors for Edo and Ondo states go end for di 12th November 2020 and 24th February 2021 respectively, di commission don fix Saturday 19th September 2020 as di date for Edo election and Saturday 10th October 2020 for Ondo state. Bye elections go dey for three constituencies as a result of di death of some serving members of national and state assemblies for Niger, Kwara and Sokoto states, di bye elections go hold simultaneously on 14th March 2020.