2027 Elections: SERAP urges INEC to publish political donation limits, party finances

” SERAP therefore urged INEC to: Disclose and publish any political contribution limits prescribed under section 91 of the Electoral Act, 2026; Disclose the latest political parties’ detailed statements on their assets and liabilities and of their sources of funds and other assets and expenditure submitted to INEC; Publish the latest political parties’ financial records, including annual statements, audited accounts and election expenditure returns for 2023–2025; Publish its section 225 and 226 examination and audit reports, including annual reports submitted to the National Assembly for 2023–2025; Disclose any enforcement actions arising from political-finance and expenditure violations; Disclose its 2027 political-finance monitoring plan, including arrangements for real-time or near-real-time monitoring and cooperation with relevant anti-corruption, financial-intelligence, regulatory and law-enforcement agencies; and Disclose the political parties that submitted their reports of contributions received following the 2023 General Elections, the dates of submission, and the action taken against parties that failed to submit the reports within the statutory deadline, including the reported non-compliance by the majority of the parties that sponsored candidates.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Joash Amupitan, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), “to urgently disclose whether the Commission has exercised its statutory power to prescribe limits on political contributions under section 91 of the Electoral Act, 2026, and, if so, to publish the applicable limits and widely communicate them to political parties, candidates, donors and the Nigerian public.” “The requested information concerns the discharge of INEC’s constitutional and statutory responsibilities, the financing of political parties and candidates, and the integrity of the electoral process.