INEC registers Nigeria’s 26th political party

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the registration of a new party, the Unity Party of Nigeria (UNP).

Mr. Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, INEC’s director of voter education and publicity revealed this in Abuja on Friday, saying the commission approved the registration of the party during a meeting held on Thursday April 17, 2014.

“The commission, at its meeting, approved the registration of the UPN, the applicant having met the legal requirements for registration,” NAN quoted Osaze-Uzzi as saying.

“The registration of UPN brings to 26, the total number of political parties in Nigeria.”

Mr. Adedeji Salau, UPN’s National Publicity Secretary, thanked all those who kept faith with the party despite the tedious process of registering the party.

“There has never been any occasion before now when an unregistered party has generated so much interest as that of the UPN,’’ he said,  promising the public that the party will make the needed difference.

“With the UPN, it shall not be business as usual. We will always remember the sons and daughters with whom we are in the philosophy of serving the generality of Nigerian people. Ours is the pursuit of an egalitarian society, serving the greatest good of the greatest number.”

Salau  extended hands of fellowship to all the political parties in the country and commended officials of INEC for registering UPN.