• Only LP, AAC complied with mandatory report of assets and liabilities
• More parties have complied but reports still under review, says INEC
A year after the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and about 16 political parties are yet to make public their election expenses as mandated by the Electoral Act 2022.
Findings by The Guardian showed that except for the Labour Party (LP) and African Action Congress (AAC), all others violate the full disclosure clause – including the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
INEC, however, responded that more than two parties have complied with the submission of funding estimates to the umpire. But neither the compliance list nor their estimates have been made public within the six-month window as availed by the law.
