The Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, ANSIEC, says a total of nine political parties will be participating in the forthcoming local government elections in Anambra State, slated for Saturday.
ANSIEC revealed this in a publication of final list of candidates on Thursday in Awka.
According to ANSIEC, the political parties participating in the elections include Action Alliance, AA, Accord Party, All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Labour Party, LP, New Nigeria Peoples' Party, NNPP, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Others are Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, Young Progressives Party, YPP, and Social Democratic Party, SDP.
APGA was said to be the only party to field candidates for all the 21 chairmanship and 326 councillorship positions, while PDP fielded 18 out of the 21 chairmanship and 228 out of the 326 ward councillorship positions.
