90 Civil Society Groups Urge N’Assembly to Withdraw Foreign Aid Bill, Warn of Democratic Backslide

• Say proposed legislation, social media regulation threaten constitutional freedoms, civic space ahead 2027 elections

Sunday Aborisade in Abuja

A coalition of 90 Nigerian, African and international civil society and human rights organisations on Monday called on the National Assembly to immediately withdraw the proposed Foreign Aids (Regulation, Transparency and Disclosure) Bill, 2026 and other pending legislative proposals they described as repressive.

The group warned that their passage would accelerate democratic decline and erode constitutional freedoms ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The Foreign Aid (Regulation, Coordination, Transparency and Disclosure) Bill, 2026 (SB. 1034), sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, seeks to establish a comprehensive legal framework for regulating foreign aid in Nigeria.