The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said political parties in Nigeria are not allowed to receive campaign and electioneering donations from abroad.

“Section 225 of the Nigerian constitution makes it clear that no registered political party in Nigeria shall possess any funds outside the country,” INEC national commissioner Festus Okoye said during Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday.

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Okoye’s statement means leading candidates in the Nigeria 2023 presidential election – Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party candidate Peter Obi and other candidates will not receive donations from their supporters outside Nigeria.

He explained that “a political party cannot open an account and have monies remitted into that particular account outside the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“Secondly it makes it clear that no political party shall under any circumstance retain any funds remitted to it outside the country.

“And if such funds are remitted to the political party from outside the country, that particular political party has a constitutional and legal obligation to turn in such funds to INEC within a period of 21 days from the date of receipt of such funds.”

INEC’s stance on foreign donations comes two days after political parties officially began campaigns for their candidates contesting seats in the National Assembly and persons aspiring to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential election.

Since Wednesday, supporters of various political parties have solicited financial support for their preferred candidates in the general elections with Obi and Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress (AAC) announcing the donation process to their followers on Twitter.

While Obi of the Labour Party announced a website for donations, Sowore tweeted account details where his supporters can fund his campaign and help his election to be Nigeria’s president after the February 2023 election.

All candidates contesting the presidential seat signed a peace accord on Thursday to pledge a violence-free election when Nigerians go to the ballot to elect Buhari’s successor.

https://guardian.ng/news/inec-bars-peter-obi-tinubu-atiku-others-from-receiving-abroad-donations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&Echobox=1664609232

People are not tired of suffering and smiling

INEC should also Ban Presidential candidates from fixing Urine Bags on their body Abroad like the Notorious Drug Baron has done in the UK...


Tinubu Urchins said: He Built present day Lagos State...

He should therefore go to one of the Hospitals he built in Lagos State to install Urine Bag in his body.

Both Tinubu and Atiku can't rig without their loots stashed abroad. Nigerians are ready to vote for Peter Obi without collecting shishi.

Politician cannot recieve money from overseas but politicians can spend multiple weeks abroad even though the campaigning has started.

Nigeria is damn funny country.

Foreign donation directly to Obi and Foreign donation to labour party, are they the same?

Nice one

How is that an issue?

Okay o

libertyfather:
How is that an issue?

Obi was selling attendance tickets abroad, while still hiding his own Pandora funds.

What about movement of bullion vans on the eve of election, is that permissible by the new electoral acts as amended ?

Obi is our incoming President next

No problem we will donate to Obidient movement, it's not a political party.

God don catch that liar, bitter obi should be taken to prison for the $150 million foreign donation he claimed.
Emotion don't win election.

This did not ban individuals from soliciting for funds abroad! Political parties were the ones banned and as such all candidates are free to solicit for funds on a personal basis!

Maxymilliano:


https://guardian.ng/news/inec-bars-peter-obi-tinubu-atiku-others-from-receiving-abroad-donations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&Echobox=1664609232

At least drug barons in Columbia won't be able to donate to Tinubu campaign

The atikus and tinubus of this world will always find a way around this one.

I hope INEC will give Labour Party the money to finance their campaign though