By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
Fourteen out of the 171 associations seeking to be registered as political parties have been short listed while 157 failed to meet up the criteria.

INEC in a statement by Sam Olumekan, National commissioner for information, says the list of the 14 pre-qualified associations has been published on the commission’s website and the leaders of the pre-qualified associations have been invited for a briefing on the second stage of the registration process.