Sowore Gives Account Of How Publicly-Raised Campaign Funds Were Spent

Sowore Gives Account Of How Publicly-Raised Campaign Funds Were Spent

Sowore makes history by becoming the first Presidential candidate in the history of

 politics in Nigeria to give detailed account of campaign funding and expenditure.

Sowore Gives Account Of How Publicly-Raised Campaign Funds Were SpentSowore makes history by becoming the first Presidential candidate in the history of politics in Nigeria to give detailed account of campaign funding and expenditure.

Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the just concluded general election, has given detailed account of expenditure from public funds he solicited to fund his presidential ambition.

In a detailed infograph released on Sunday, the Sowore 2019 Campaign Organisation revealed that it had spent a grand total of N157,884,936.98 for its campaign activities.


The campaign, which spanned 50 weeks, and cut across 36 states in over 15 countries detailed its expenses to include townhall rentals, which gulped N9.8million for event centres and N3.2million for accessories.

Others include caravan rentals for N8.1million, travel costs N5.5million, mobilisation of attendees N20.2million, refreshment for attendees N3.3million, accommodation of candidate and team members N4.2million, and security and Intellegence N740,000.

Sowore raised monies publicly through a GoFundMe account and a Zenith Bank Account.

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