INEC Registers Dokpesi’s APDA, 4 Other New Political Parties

Hamilton Nwosa
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday approved the formation of five new political parties that have fulfilled the constitutional requirements for registration.

The newly registered political 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).

With the latest registration, there are now 45 political parties in Nigeria.

The approval for the registration of the new political parties was contained in a statement signed by Prince Adedeji Soyebi, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, after the weekly meeting of the commission’s management  held in Kaduna, where INEC hosted a two day two day workshop to review its communication policy.

Soyebi said 95 associations had applied to the commission for registration as political parties, saying two of them voluntarily withdrew their applications.

He said the commission also reviewed, among other things, the on-going nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, which began on 27th April, 2017.

“In the meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and Administrative Secretaries, the commission received and considered submissions from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, as well as reports from some accredited observers of the CVR exercise.

He said as at Friday, June 2, a total of 760,989 persons had registered across the country.

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