CSOs demand withdrawal of foreign aid bill
In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, the Nigerian Human Rights Defenders Network, Partnership for Justice, Front Line Defenders, West African Human Rights Defenders Network, and Protection International said the Bill directly contradicts commitments Nigeria made during its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) cycle to protect freedom of association, assembly and expression.
They demanded that civil society be consulted for any future law on foreign funding, in line with the Constitution and the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.
Five human rights organisations have jointly called on the National Assembly to withdraw the Foreign Aids (Regulation, Transparency and Disclosure) Bill 2026, codenamed SB.
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