The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the deregistration of 74 political parties due to failure to meet standard requirements of the commission

Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the commission made the announcement at a Press conference which held in Abuja on Thursday, Jan 6, 2020.

In the Chairman’s words, “Nigeria now has 18 registered political parties”.
He disclosed the 72 deregistered parties failed to satisfy the conditions of the Fourth Alteration to the 1999 Constitution.

Before the announcement, Nigeria had 92 political parties in total.

Details shortly…