On Monday the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to de-register more political parties to sanitise Nigeria’s electoral system.
The Chairman of Ebonyi Chapter of APC, Mr Nwachukwu Eze, made the call in an interview in Abakaliki.
Mr Nwachukwu Eze said that the de-registration process should continue until the country has a maximum of six political parties to ensure that the electoral space was not ‘unnecessarily congested’.
“We applaud INEC for doing the needful as such de-registration had been overdue.
“We had a situation where few individuals or family members put-up papers and register with INEC but do not exist in states or anywhere in the country.
“They do not have offices, membership bases, structures and one person in most cases, is the chairman, secretary and other members of the executive.
“INEC has presently decided to sanitise the system and this can be likened to the deleting of unwanted files in a computer for it to have enough storage space,” he said.
The chairman, Mr Nwachukwu Eze, said that such de-registration would sanitise the electoral process, especially by eliminating complexities recorded during voting.
“This decision will make logos of political parties appear bold on ballot papers and make voters have enough space to thumb-print.
