News:INEC registers underage politicians to contest 2015 elections

Several underage politicians from about
13 political parties, have been listed by
the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, to contest the two
arms of the National Assembly, the
Senate and the House of Representatives,
at the general elections on February 14.
The electoral body released on its
website, the final list of candidates for the
general elections on Tuesday, January 13.
From the list, it was discovered that 22
contestants who are below the stipulated
age of 35 years, were cleared for the
Senate poll.
Likewise, 25 candidates below 30 years
were cleared to contest the House of
Representatives election.
Based on the list released by INEC, parties
presenting underage candidates are the
All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA,
Alliance for Democracy, AD, National
Conscience Party, NCP, Advance Congress
of Democrats, ACD, Mega Progressive
Peoples Party, MPPP, New Nigeria
Peoples Party, NNPP, Labour Party, LP,
Peoples Party of Nigeria, PPN, African
Democratic Congress, ADC, Progressives
Peoples Party, PPA, United Peoples Party,
UPP, Independent Democrats, ID, and
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN.
Meanwhile, Section 65 (1) of the 1999
Constitution states that “Subject to the
provisions section 66 of the Constitution,
a person shall be qualified to be elected
as a member of (a) the Senate if he is a
citizen of Nigeria and has attained the age
of thirty-five years of age; and (b) the
House of Representatives, if he is a citizen
of Nigeria and has attained the age of
thirty years.”
Similarly, Section 65 (2) says a person
shall be qualified for election under
subsection 1 of this section if (a) he has
been educated up to at least School
Certificate level or its equivalent; and (b)
he is a member of a political and is
sponsored by the party.

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