The Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), has said that over 100 political parties may feature on the ballot
paper in the forthcoming 2019 general elections.
This was disclosed in a statement by the INEC
Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday at an Elections Stakeholders’ Summit
organised in Abuja,
The summit was organised with the Transition
Monitoring Group (TMG), DFID and Christian Aid Nigeria under the auspices of
the Voice to the People (V2P) project.
Mr Yakubu noted that 138 political associations
had applied for registration as political parties.
According to him, personnel of the Nigeria
Immigration Service (NIS) have been deployed to voter registration centres
across the country leading to arrests of over 300 foreigners attempting to
register.
”As at May 24, an estimated 9 million voters
were added to the voters’ register bringing the total number to an estimated 80
million.
”The commission is collaborating with security
agencies and formulating administrative procedures to check incidences of
vote-buying at polling centres,” Mr Yakubu said.
The INEC boss explained that the commission
lacks powers to stop political associations from applying to register as
political parties.
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