A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, has canvassed for a new law that will out rightly prune political parties to a maximum of six as a way of ensuring sanity in the body politics of the country before the 2023 general election. Fagbemi claimed that the present 86 political parties is too wieldy for Nigerians, especially the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cope with along with other challenges. He said, ” I know that my position will generate reactions but the truth and reality is that political parties must be scaled down from the present 86 to a maximum of six parties to sanitize the party system. “Having as many as 86 political parties is too wieldy leading to confusion and exclusion that may not be deliberate on the part of our electoral body,” he said. 2023: Senior Lawyer, Fagbemi seeks law to prune political parties to six

Source: Nigerian Tribune April 23, 2021 11:03 UTC