SAN FRANCISCO, December 06, (THEWILL) – Twenty eight (28) registered political parties in Nigeria have been de-registered by the State’s national electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).


According to a statement obtained by THEWILL from the agency, its Secretary Abdulahi Kaugama, said the commission acted purely “in the exercise of the powers conferred on it by the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended).”


Kaugama was however silent on why INEC moved against the political parties.


Full text of the statement reads:


"In the exercise of the powers conferred on it by the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), the Independent National Electoral Commission has today, Thursday, December 6, 2012, de-registered the following political parties:

1. African Liberation Party (ALP)



2. Action Party of Nigeria (APN)



3. African Political System (APS)



4. Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP)



5. Congress for Democratic Change (CDC)



6. Community Party of Nigeria (CPN)



7. Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA)



8. Freedom Party of Nigeria (FPN)



9. Fresh Democratic Party (FDP)



10. Hope Democratic Party (HDP)



11. Justice Party (JP)



12. Liberal Democratic Party of Nigeria (LDPN)



13. Movement for Democracy and Justice (MDJ)



14. Movement for the Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRDD)



15. Nigeria Advanced Party (NAP)



16. New Democrats (ND)



17. National Majority Democratic Party (NMDP)



18. National Movement of Progressive Party (NMPP)



19. National Reformation Party (NRP)



20. National Solidarity Democratic Party (NSDP)



21. Progressive Action Congress (PAC)



22. Peoples Mandate Party (PMP)



23. Peoples Progressive Party (PPP)



24. Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)



25. People’s Salvation Party (PSP)



26. Republican Party of Nigeria (RPN)



27. United National Party for Development (UNPD)



28. United Nigeria Peoples Party (UNPP)


The Commission hereby reiterates its commitment to relating with political parties in accordance with extant laws and for the benefit of our electoral democracy.”

http://thewillnigeria.com/politics/17441.html

SAN FRANCISCO, December 06, (THEWILL) – Twenty eight (28) registered political parties in Nigeria have been de-registered by the State’s national electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).


According to a statement obtained by THEWILL from the agency, its Secretary Abdulahi Kaugama, said the commission acted purely “in the exercise of the powers conferred on it by the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended).”


Kaugama was however silent on why INEC moved against the political parties.


Full text of the statement reads:


"In the exercise of the powers conferred on it by the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), the Independent National Electoral Commission has today, Thursday, December 6, 2012, de-registered the following political parties:

1. African Liberation Party (ALP)



2. Action Party of Nigeria (APN)



3. African Political System (APS)



4. Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP)



5. Congress for Democratic Change (CDC)



6. Community Party of Nigeria (CPN)



7. Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA)



8. Freedom Party of Nigeria (FPN)



9. Fresh Democratic Party (FDP)



10. Hope Democratic Party (HDP)



11. Justice Party (JP)



12. Liberal Democratic Party of Nigeria (LDPN)



13. Movement for Democracy and Justice (MDJ)



14. Movement for the Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRDD)



15. Nigeria Advanced Party (NAP)



16. New Democrats (ND)



17. National Majority Democratic Party (NMDP)



18. National Movement of Progressive Party (NMPP)



19. National Reformation Party (NRP)



20. National Solidarity Democratic Party (NSDP)



21. Progressive Action Congress (PAC)



22. Peoples Mandate Party (PMP)



23. Peoples Progressive Party (PPP)



24. Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)



25. People’s Salvation Party (PSP)



26. Republican Party of Nigeria (RPN)



27. United National Party for Development (UNPD)



28. United Nigeria Peoples Party (UNPP)


29. Awolowo Otapiapia and Rat Poison Party Of Nigeria(AORPPN)


The Commission hereby reiterates its commitment to relating with political parties in accordance with extant laws and for the benefit of our electoral democracy.”

http://thewillnigeria.com/politics/17441.html

The solution here is not de-registering the parties but ammending the constitution to accomodate 2 or at most 3 political parties with national appeal as obtained in most democracies around the world. Otherwise I can bet my last kobo that another 47 mushroom political parties are going to crop up before 2015 national elections because the constitution as presently written has already given them express tickets to do so. So why cant we take from the root?