The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
ordered political parties to submit copies of their membership register to the
Commission, 30 days before their primary elections.
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu said the directive was in
compliance with the new Electoral Act 2022.
Yakubu spoke at the second regular quarterly meeting of
Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja on Thursday, NAN reports.
The INEC boss explained that the new Electoral Act made it
mandatory for political parties to submit their registered members to the
Commission 30 days before their primaries.
“Let me also seize this opportunity to remind political
parties that by the provision of Section 77 of the Electoral Act 2022; each
party is required to maintain a membership register in hard and soft copy and
to make such register available to the Commission not later than 30 days before
the date fixed for primaries, congresses and conventions.
“So far, only one political party has complied. It is a
mandatory requirement of the law and all parties are required to comply.
“Doing otherwise is like going into an election without the
register of voters.
There can be no credible primary or general election without
a credible register of voters,” Yakubu said.
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