As INEC Deregisters Parties…

May I use this medium to commend the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for deregistering 74 political parties, thereby bringing the number of existing political parties to 18.
That was a step in the right direction as many of the deregistered parties only existed on social media and only make noise during elections. Many of them have no ideology and that is why close to elections, they often team up in support of the candidate of one strong political party or the other. Some say they do it for some gains – monetary and otherwise.
If only the downsizing will be done after every general election, until we are left with some strong political parties who are capable of participating actively during elections. That will save the nation cost of printing ballot papers and conducting election generally, as well as save voters the pain and time of going through several names in search of their party logo while casting their votes.

By: Donu Wika, Bodo City.