2019: How relevant are smaller parties?









The registration of 21 new political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shot up the number of registered parties to 67. Assistant Editor LEKE SALAUDEEN examines the implication of such an unwieldy number of parties on the conduct of next year’s general elections.

THE political landscape is saturated with many parties; though more than 95 per cent of them exist on paper. From three  in 1999, the number of parties has risen to 67 after the recent registration of 21 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Today, the number of parties has increased to unimaginable level, such that Nigerians can hardly keep track of the identity of political platforms, what they stand for and those behind them.


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