Tag: Political Parties

SERAP writes INEC, seeks details of financial transactions of political parties

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to widely publish the reports on the accounts and balance sheet of every political party submitted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the National Assembly since 2015. SERAP urged him to urgently examine the books and records of financial transactions of political parties, and to make public the outcome of any such examination. SERAP also urged him to provide details of the guidelines, and steps that INEC…

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2023: INEC cautions political parties against non-transparent primaries

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday cautioned political parties against non-transparent primaries in order to sustain Nigerias democracy. The FCT INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC), Yahaya Bello, made the call at the ‘Stakeholders Interactive Session in Respect of the Forthcoming Political Party Congresses and Primaries’, in Abuja. According to Bello, the call became imperative because a good and credible election begins with a transparent and credible part primaries crowned with internal democracy. He recalled that during the just concluded FCT Area Council Election, the results of some primaries…

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2023: Political parties demand two months extension of primaries timeline

Aminu Imam

The 18 registered political parties in the country have demanded the extension of the timelines for the conduct of the primary election by 2 months, to enable them to carry out a credible and hitch-free exercise. The chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, (IPAC), Yabagi Sani, made the request at a consultative meeting between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and political parties in Abuja, yesterday. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) had in February released the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general election, directing political…

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“Let’s join hands to defeat insecurity”, President Buhari urges political party leaders

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari yestersday, in Abuja, urged all political parties in the country to keep elections and election-related differences aside and join the administrations drive to defeat insecurity in the country. According to a press statement issued by theSpecial Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Femi Adesina, the President, speaking at an Iftar dinner with members of the business community and the leadership of political parties, described insecurity as a “common enemy” bedevilling the country. The President said, “Without mass, popular support to our hard-working Armed Forces, it will…

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Supreme Court affirms INEC’s deregistration of 74 political parties

Aminu Imam

Only 18 political parties now officially recognised The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the deregistration of 22 political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). The 22 parties were among the 74 de-registered in 2020 by INEC following their poor performances in the 2019 general elections. Justice Ejembi Eko, of the apex court, voided and set aside a judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, which had nullified the de-registration. Justice Eko held that the Court Appeal on its own (suo motu) raised the issue of lack of fair…

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