•Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu,
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the deployment of its newly developed political party registration portal, following successful internal testing and approval.
This comes as the commission received 10 additional letters of intent from groups seeking registration as political parties, bringing the total number of applications so far to 144, reports Daily Trust.
In a statement yesterday, the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said the commission is currently reviewing the submissions to determine which of the associations meet the criteria to advance to the formal application stage.
“The Commission is evaluating all the numerous letters of intent received so far to determine the associations that meet the requirements to proceed to the application stage. A report is expected at our next regular meeting,” the statement said.
INEC also confirmed that the registration portal was designed and built internally by its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) department.
“In our last press release, we assured Nigerians that we were finalising the necessary tests on the party registration portal designed and built in-house by our ICT officials,” Olumekun said.
“As is the case with all our IT innovations, the new portal has been demonstrated before the Commission and approved for deployment.”
He added that details of the newly received applications, including the names, acronyms, logos, addresses, and interim leadership of the groups, have been published on the commission’s website and other platforms for public access.
“We will continue to update Nigerians on all our activities,” the statement concluded.
