{"id":720225,"date":"2019-10-10T11:26:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T11:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/"},"modified":"2019-10-10T11:26:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T11:26:36","slug":"senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Moves To Reduce Political Party From 91 To 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_669260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-669260\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-669260 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nigerian-Senate-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Senate\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-669260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nigerian Senate Chamber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The upper chamber of the National Assembly has while meeting with the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday that it would reduce the number of political parties participating in elections in Nigeria from the current 91 to five through legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the meeting, former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu (PDP Enugu West), pointed out that the numbers of political parties contesting elections in the country is a contravention of the amended Electoral Act.<\/p>\n<p>He added that any Political Party that fails to win a single seat during the last general election out be deregistered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<\/strong> We Will Not Interfere In Fight Between Buhari, Osinbajo\u2019 \u2013 Senate<\/p>\n<p>Senator Kabiru Gaya (APC Kano South), the chairman senate committee on INEC on his part said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose parties that didn\u2019t perform shouldn\u2019t be on the ballot. The existing electoral act as amended has precluded the participation of parties that didn\u2019t perform in the last elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to amend the act to reduce the political parties to a maximum of five. This committee is really committed to reducing the number of political parties to save taxpayers money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>INEC Chairman, <em>\u00a0<\/em>Professor Yakubu Mahmood, while responding said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe commission had systematically deregistered many parties under the electoral act. But the parties insisted that the electoral act is inferior to the constitution,\u201d <\/em>Professor Yakubu told the senators.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian Senate Chamber The upper chamber of the National Assembly has while meeting with the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday that it would reduce the number of political parties participating in elections in Nigeria from the current 91 to five through legislation. Speaking during the meeting, former Deputy Senate President, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":720226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-720225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Senate Moves To Reduce Political Party From 91 To 5 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Senate Moves To Reduce Political Party From 91 To 5 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Nigerian Senate Chamber The upper chamber of the National Assembly has while meeting with the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday that it would reduce the number of political parties participating in elections in Nigeria from the current 91 to five through legislation. Speaking during the meeting, former Deputy Senate President, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/house-of-senate-2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/10\\\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/10\\\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"headline\":\"Senate Moves To Reduce Political Party From 91 To 5\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-10T11:26:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/10\\\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":238,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/10\\\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/house-of-senate-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/10\\\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/10\\\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/10\\\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\\\/\",\"name\":\"Senate Moves To Reduce Political Party From 91 To 5 - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/10\\\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/10\\\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/house-of-senate-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-10T11:26:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/10\\\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/10\\\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/house-of-senate-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/house-of-senate-2.jpg\",\"width\":634,\"height\":410},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Senate Moves To Reduce Political Party From 91 To 5 - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Senate Moves To Reduce Political Party From 91 To 5 - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Nigerian Senate Chamber The upper chamber of the National Assembly has while meeting with the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday that it would reduce the number of political parties participating in elections in Nigeria from the current 91 to five through legislation. Speaking during the meeting, former Deputy Senate President, [&hellip;]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/house-of-senate-2.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"headline":"Senate Moves To Reduce Political Party From 91 To 5","datePublished":"2019-10-10T11:26:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/"},"wordCount":238,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/house-of-senate-2.jpg","articleSection":["Nigeria"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/","name":"Senate Moves To Reduce Political Party From 91 To 5 - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/house-of-senate-2.jpg","datePublished":"2019-10-10T11:26:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/10\/senate-moves-to-reduce-political-party-from-91-to-5\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/house-of-senate-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/house-of-senate-2.jpg","width":634,"height":410},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}