The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has received 12 additional applications from associations seeking registration as political parties.
On 23 June, INEC announced that 110 associations have submitted letters of intent to be registered as political parties.
In a statement on Thursday, INEC’s national commissioner and chairman of the information and voter education committee, Sam Olumekun said the list of new applications, containing the names of associations, their acronyms, addresses, and interim chairmen and secretaries, has been uploaded to the commission’s website and other platforms for public information.
‘The Commission is processing these applications transparently and in fairness to all applicants’, the statement reads.
‘However, the Commission notes that one association has already changed its interim secretary as a result of defection to another association.
‘To facilitate the consideration of these applications, the Commission appeals to associations to maintain consistency of their proposed leadership and addresses so that they do not by their own actions cause a delay to the timely consideration of their applications’.
Olumekun added that the commission has also provided supplementary regulations and guidelines for the review of election results, as empowered by section 65 of the Electoral Act 2022.
‘Clear procedure and timelines have now been provided, the details of which are contained in Supplementary No.1 to the main Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections 2022.
‘As approved by the Commission, the supplementary regulations and guidelines have been uploaded to the Commission’s website and other platforms for public information’.
