{"id":753,"date":"2023-07-20T19:48:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=753"},"modified":"2023-07-20T20:38:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:38:55","slug":"yp-regains-recognition-as-19th-political-party-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/07\/20\/yp-regains-recognition-as-19th-political-party-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"YP Regains Recognition As 19th Political Party In Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lumanze Chiamaka<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially acknowledged the Youth Party (YP) as the 19th political party in Nigeria. This development came after the Supreme Court intervened and overturned INEC&#8217;s decision to deregister the YP in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a press release on Thursday evening, Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, announced the reinstatement of the YP as a political party. The YP had been initially registered in 2018, but due to Section 225A of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), it faced deregistration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The YP took the matter to court, and in a landmark ruling in July 2023, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the YP, leading to its official recognition and eligibility to participate in all future elections in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This recognition marks a significant victory for the Youth Party and its supporters, showcasing the Nigerian judiciary&#8217;s dedication to upholding the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Lumanze Chiamaka &nbsp; The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially acknowledged the Youth Party (YP) as the 19th political party in Nigeria. This development came after the Supreme Court intervened and overturned INEC&#8217;s decision to deregister the YP in 2020. &nbsp; In a press release on Thursday evening, Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inec","tag-inec"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":763,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions\/763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}