The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Thursday, reduced the number of political parties in the country to 18.
To achieve this, it deregistered 74 political parties, according to its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
Yakubu said in Abuja on Thursday that 75 parties didn’t satisfy the requirement but one went to court.
Mahmood also said the Booth Party, which registered after 2019, would continue to exist.
The successful parties are Accord Party, Action Alliance according to , African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, All Progressives Congress, All Progressives Grand Alliance and Allied Peoples Movement.
Others are Labour Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party, National Rescue Movement, Peoples Democratic Party, Peoples Redemption Party, Social Democratic Party, Young Progressives Party, and Zenith Labour Party.
“Nigeria now has 18 parties,” Mahmood stated.
