2027: We must enforce all guidelines, regulations – INEC warns political parties

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has expressed committedness to ensuring its regulations and guidelines connected governmental parties are enforced to the missive up of the enactment primaries.

It noted that this comes pursuing a deluge of intra-party fighting, crises, and the foisting of unpopular candidates, which had resulted successful either elector apathy oregon unnecessary litigations.

INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan SAN, stated this successful Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, astatine the opening of a Technical Workshop connected the Revision of INEC Regulations and Guidelines for governmental parties, organised by the committee successful concern with Westminster Foundation for Democracy connected Wednesday.

The president said the 2026 guidelines volition present stricter benchmarks for rank documentation, fiscal transparency, and the inclusion of women, youth, and persons with disabilities (PWDs).

He regretted that governmental parties, alternatively than being utilized arsenic vehicles for nationalist transformation, are presently witnessing a disturbing inclination of enactment squabbles and infighting that endanger to crook them into t...