The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that no fewer than 110 political associations are seeking registration as political parties.
INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Wednesday during the second regular consultative meeting with media executives in Abuja.
He gave the names of those seeking applications to include the Movement of the People (MOP), being promoted by Seun, son of late Afrobeat king Fela Anikulapo Kuti, La Riba Multipurpose Cooperative Society submitted by one Suwaiba Bello Abdullahi, with no acronym and logo; All Democratic Alliance ADA by Chief Akin Ricketts; Obidient Peoples Party by Barry Avotu Johnson and many others.
Prof. Yakubu, who promised to follow the rules on the registration of new parties, said the commission would not favour one above the other or consider the status of the promoters.
The INEC chairman also expressed the commission’s readiness for the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State, as well as the next February area council polls in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
He announced that the electoral body is now in a position to conduct outstanding bye-elections and to resume the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.
