Yakubu said that the commission was also being asked to register independent candidates for the elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known on Tuesday at the Fourth Situation Room Stakeholders Forum on Elections, organised by a coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Abuja.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there are currently 67 political parties already registered.Yakubu, who was represented by Dr AdeKunle Ogunmola, a National Commissioner at INEC, said that the commission was also being asked to register independent candidates for the elections.“As it is today, 80 more groups are seeking registration as political parties.“We will continue to register them until the time scheduled by the Electoral Act for us to stop.“The issue of Independent candidacy is still there too.“Right now, we are thinking of how to design our ballot papers to take care of all the registered political parties.
