{"id":75318,"date":"2022-10-30T11:18:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T10:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-publish-sources-of-your-campaign-funding-serap-tells-tinubu-atiku-obi"},"modified":"2022-10-30T12:31:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T11:31:07","slug":"2023-publish-sources-of-your-campaign-funding-serap-tells-tinubu-atiku-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-publish-sources-of-your-campaign-funding-serap-tells-tinubu-atiku-obi","title":{"rendered":"2023: Publish sources of your campaign funding \u2013 SERAP tells Tinubu, Atiku, Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on all presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election to demonstrate leadership by instructing their \u201ccampaign councils and political parties to regularly and widely publish the sources of their campaign funding.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an open letter at the weekend, signed by SERAP deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation disclosed that transparency would help to curb inappropriate influence on political candidates, ensure equality, fairness and accountability in the country\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n

SERAP added that transparency in campaign funding would enhance public trust in the country\u2019s politicians and political parties and show their commitment to prevent and combat corruption if elected.<\/p>\n

The letter partly read: \u201cSERAP would consider appropriate legal actions to hold you and your political party to account for any infractions of the requirements of campaign funding, as provided for by the Nigerian Constitution 1999 [as amended], the Electoral Act and international standards, even after the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cSERAP urges you to sign \u2018transparency pacts\u2019 that would mandate you to disclose the identities of donors and widely publish donations and contributions, including on your party website and social media platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cTransparency in campaign funding would ensure fair and open elections, and address concerns about undue influence by the more economically advantaged and privileged individuals, as well as prevent corruption of the electoral process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UN Convention against Corruption, to which Nigeria is a state party, obligates states parties to enhance transparency in the funding of candidates for elected public office and, where applicable, the funding of political parties.\u201d<\/p>\n

DAILY POST reports that the presidential candidates for Nigeria\u2019s general elections in 2023 include: Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of All Progressives Congress (APC); Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP); Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) and Prof. Peter Umeadi of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).<\/p>\n

Others are Omoyele Sowore of Africa Action Congress (AAC); Prince Malik Ado-Ibrahim of Young Progressive Party (YPP); Yusuf Mamman Dan Talle of Allied Peoples Movement (APM); Dumebi Kachikwu of African Democratic Congress (ADC); Professor Christopher Imumulen of Accord Party (AP); Kola Abiola of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP); Prince Adewole Adebayo of Social Democratic Party (SDP).<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on all presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election to demonstrate leadership by instructing their \u201ccampaign councils and political parties to regularly and widely publish the sources of their campaign funding.\u201d In an open letter at the weekend, signed by SERAP deputy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":75317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1571,1570,2140,316,254,4891,641,945],"class_list":["post-75318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-1571","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-atiku","tag-nigeria","tag-obi","tag-serap","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"\n2023: Publish sources of your campaign funding \u2013 SERAP tells Tinubu, Atiku, Obi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on all presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-publish-sources-of-your-campaign-funding-serap-tells-tinubu-atiku-obi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2023: Publish sources of your campaign funding \u2013 SERAP tells Tinubu, Atiku, Obi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on all presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-publish-sources-of-your-campaign-funding-serap-tells-tinubu-atiku-obi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-30T10:18:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-30T11:31:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_7-635e605daf79b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-publish-sources-of-your-campaign-funding-serap-tells-tinubu-atiku-obi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-publish-sources-of-your-campaign-funding-serap-tells-tinubu-atiku-obi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2023: Publish sources of your campaign funding \u2013 SERAP tells Tinubu, Atiku, Obi\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-30T10:18:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-30T11:31:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-publish-sources-of-your-campaign-funding-serap-tells-tinubu-atiku-obi\"},\"wordCount\":388,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-publish-sources-of-your-campaign-funding-serap-tells-tinubu-atiku-obi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_7-635e605daf79b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2023\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Atiku\",\"Nigeria\",\"Obi\",\"SERAP\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-publish-sources-of-your-campaign-funding-serap-tells-tinubu-atiku-obi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-publish-sources-of-your-campaign-funding-serap-tells-tinubu-atiku-obi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-publish-sources-of-your-campaign-funding-serap-tells-tinubu-atiku-obi\",\"name\":\"2023: Publish sources of your campaign funding \u2013 SERAP tells Tinubu, Atiku, Obi - 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