Sowore releases presidential campaign expenses, tasks others to emulate him

Kayode Kolawole




The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has released the breakdown of his party’s election campaign expenses.

Sowore, in a statement by the Sowore Political Action Committee (SPAC), tasked other presidential candidates to exhibit same culture by making their campaign funding sources and expenses public in spirit of accountability and transparency.

According to SPAC, over N40 million was generated by Sowore for the campaign while N38 million naira was received as donations, and Sowore provided N1.8m from his personal funds.

The statement reads, “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 the 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 organisation, then in a novel manner released detailed accounts of money received and spent, which was published on major dailies in the country.”