Omoyele Sowore tasks other presidential candidates to make public their campaign funding sources and expenses.
In line with the best campaign practice and the spirit of accountability as we hold dear in the African Action Congress (AAC), the Sowore Political Action Committee (SPAC) has released final breakdown of the 2023 Presidential election campaign donations, sources of funding and expenditure.
Recall that the committee gave monthly updates during the campaign and this is not the first time the Committee will be releasing a breakdown such as this. In 2019, the AAC candidate also released a complete breakdown of campaign expenses, the first recorded in the history of electioneering campaign in Nigeria’s history.
The Sowore Presidential campaign organization, then in a novel manner released detailed accounts of money received and spent, which was published on major dailies in the country. See- https://www.icirnigeria.org/
Asides monetary contribution, we can not quantify the human resources put into the campaign from Nigerians who supported us day and night. Those who stood their ground and gave their time to toeing the path of honour and integrity. We can not thank you all enough.
The Campaign Organization also seizes this medium to challenge other Presidential candidates including the one who was sworn in, to release their campaign financials, that’s if any books were kept at all.
We sincerely hope that those in particular who sought public donations during the campaign season will also show to Nigerians the donations they got from the campaign donors across Nigeria and beyond.
We can’t have a clean leadership recruitment process in this country with people who shroud their campaign spending in secrecy.
We believe that those who can’t keep books of campaign expenses and transparently account for the expenses incurred can’t run a country like Nigeria properly.
Signed:
Femi Adeyeye
National Publicity Secretary,
African Action Congress
20/6/2023.