(a) provide for the periodical election on a democratic basis of the principal officers and members of the
executive committee or other governing body of the political party; and
(b) ensure that the members of the executive committee or other governing body of the political party reflect the
federal character of Nigeria.
(2) For the purposes of this section (a) the election of the officers or members of the executive committee of a political party shall be deemed to be
periodical only if it is made at regular intervals not exceeding four years; and
(b) the members of the executive committee or other governing body of the political character of Nigeria only if
the members thereof belong to different states not being less in number than two-thirds of all the states of the
Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
224. The programme as well as the aims and objects of a political party shall conform with the provisions of
Chapter II of this Constitution.
225. (1) Every political party shall, at such times and in such manner as the independent National Electoral
Commission and publish a statement of its assets and liabilities.
(2) Every political party shall submit to the Independent National Electoral Commission a detailed annual
statement and analysis of its sources of funds and other assets together with a similar statement of its expenditure
in such form as the Commission may require.
(3) No political party shall (a) hold or possess any funds or other assets outside Nigeria; or
(b) be entitled to retain any funds or assets remitted or sent to it from outside Nigeria.
(4) Any funds or other assets remitted or sent to a political party from outside Nigeria shall be paid over or
transferred to the Commission within twenty-one days of its receipt with such information as the Commission
may require.
(5) The Commission shall have power to give directions to political parties regarding the books or records of
financial transactions which they shall keep and, to examine all such books and records.
(6) The powers conferred on the Commission under subsection (4) of this section may be exercised by it through
any member of its staff or any person who is an auditor by profession, and who is not a member of a political
party.
226. (1) The Independent National Electoral commission, shall in every year prepare and submit to the National
Assembly a report on the accounts and balance sheet of every political party.
(2) It shall be the duty of the commission, in preparing its report under this section, to carry out such
investigations as will enable it to form an opinion as to whether proper books of accounts and proper records
have been kept by any political party, and if the Commission is of the opinion that proper books of accounts have
not been kept by a political party, the Commission shall so report.
(3) Every member of the Commission or its duly authorised agent shall (a) have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers of all political parties; and
(b) be entitled to require from the officers of the political party such information and explanation which to the
best of his knowledge and belief are necessary for the purposes of the investigation, the Commission shall state
that fact in its report.
227. No association shall retain, organise, train or equip any person or group of persons for the purpose of
enabling them to be employed for the use or display of physical force or coercion in promoting any political
objective or interest or in such manner as to arouse reasonable apprehension that they are organised and trained
or equipped for that purpose.
228. The National Assembly may by law provide (a) for the punishment of any person involved in the management or control of any political party found after due
inquiry to have contravened any of the provisions of sections 221, 225(3) and 227 of this Constitution;