The
Independent National Electoral Commission says it may register more political
parties before the 2019 general elections.
It
stated that the process of registering new political parties would continue
until six months to the conduct of the next general elections as stipulated
under the law.
The
Director of Publicity and Voter Education¸ Oluwole Ozassi-Uzi, disclosed this
to newsmen at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, saying that those who had
put in application for registration of new political parties should not lose
hope.
The
commission had said that 95 political associations put in applications to the
commission to be registered as political parties.
While it said two of the associations withdrew
their application letters, five others were registered as political parties.
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