NDC Says Nearly ₦700m Billboard Licence Costs Limit Its Visibility

NDC Presidential Campaign Council Director-General Ibrahim Hussain Abdulkarim alleges that high billboard permit costs across states are limiting the party’s visibility ahead of the 2027 elections. He says the party has decided to become its own billboard instead. The reported licence cost in Lagos is nearly ₦700 million. I question whether such costs are compatible with the democracy Nigerians fought for. If opposition parties cannot afford to reach voters, how can they compete fairly? Political competition should be about ideas and policies, not financial barriers that make it harder for alternatives to be heard. Is the aim to regulate billboards, or does the cost make opposition politics practically unaffordable?

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