e-SYMPOSIUM ON MONEY IN ELECTORAL POLITICS IN AFRICA.

Whereas elections based on multiparty political dispensation have become institutionalised in many African countries, they are yet to deliver meaningful accountability of state institutions and political leaders to citizens. This is largely because electoral politics is increasingly perceived as a business where political parties and candidates invest huge sums of money to get elected. When candidates access political office on the strength of their money rather than ideology, they become accountable to themselves and their campaign financiers at the expense of the voter. Campaign financing is shrouded in secrecy and opacity.