Withdraw foreign aid bill immediately – SERAP, NGE tell Akpabio, others 

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) person called connected the National Assembly to instantly retreat the Foreign Aids (Regulation, Transparency and Disclosure) Bill, 2026 (SB.1034).

In a associated unfastened missive dated August 29, 2026, and signed by SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, and NGE General Secretary, Onuoha Ukeh, they urged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to cull the bill.

In the letter, they argued that the projected authorities could undermine civic space, media state and antiauthoritarian information successful Nigeria.

They described the measure arsenic unnecessary, unlawful and unconstitutional.

They said it would springiness the authorities extended powers to modulate civilian nine organisations, autarkic media, spiritual organisations and different entities receiving overseas assistance.

“Although the Bill is presented successful the guise of promoting transparency, it would found an extended model for governmental power implicit civilian nine organisations an...