Full List: SERAP Makes Key Demands From INEC Ahead Of 2027 Elections

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disclose whether it has set limits on political donations ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The organization, in a Freedom of Information request dated August 22, 2026, and signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, also asked INEC to publish the limits and make them available to political parties, candidates, donors and Nigerians.

SERAP asked INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, to disclose the systems, personnel and procedures put in place to monitor and enforce compliance with political contribution and campaign spending limits.

Below are SERAP’s key requests to INEC.

Disclose and publish any political contribution limits prescribed under Section 91 of the Electoral Act, 2026.

Disclose the latest political parties’ detailed statements on their assets and liabilities, their sources of funds, and other assets and expenditures submitted to INEC.

Publish the latest political parties’ financial records, including annual statements, audited accounts and election expenditure returns for 2023–2025.

Publish its Section 225 and 226 examination and audit reports, including annual reports submitted to the National Assembly for 2023–2025.

Disclose any enforcement actions arising from political finance and expenditure violations.

Disclose its 2027 political-finance monitoring plan, including arrangements for real-time or near-real-time monitoring and cooperation with relevant anti-corruption, financial-intelligence, regulatory and law-enforcement agencies.

Disclose the political parties that submitted their reports of contributions received following the 2023 General Elections, the dates of submission, and the action taken against parties that failed to submit the reports within the statutory deadline, including the reported non-compliance by the majority of the parties that sponsored candidates.