Some civil society organisations (CSOs) and experts in the electoral process have said the country does not need more political parties to add to the registered 19, but quality and virile ones that would deepen democracy.
They spoke against the backdrop of the 110 associations’ application to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for registration as political parties.
INEC had on Wednesday disclosed that it received letters of intent from 110 associations to be registered as political parties. These include All Democratic Alliance (ADA), Advanced Democratic Alliance (ADA), Absolute Congress (ABC), Key Freedom Party (KFP), All Grassroots Party (AGP), Congress Action Party (CAP), United Social Democratic Party (USDP), National Action Congress Party (NACP), Great Alliance Party (GAP), New Nigerian Congress (NNC), United Peoples Victory Party (UPVP) and Allied Conservative Congress (ACC).
Others are Peoples Freedom Party (PFP), All Nigerians’ Party (ANP), Abundant Social Party (ASP), Citizens Party of Nigeria (CPN), National Freedom Party (NFP), Patriots Party (PP), Movement of the People (MDP), Peoples National Congress (PNC), African Union Congress (AUC), Alliance of Patriot(AOP), Socialist Equality Party (SEP), About Nigeria Party (ABNP) African Reformation Party (ARP) and Accelerated African Development Association (AADA).
Reacting to this development, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Bingham University, Karu, Michael John Agbo told LEADERSHIP Sunday that the country does not need new political parties to add to the number in existence as that will not change anything in the electoral system.
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