SenateABUJA — Five human rights organisations have called on the National Assembly and the Federal Government to withdraw the Foreign Aids (Regulation, Transparency and Disclosure) Bill, 2026 (SB. 1034), warning that its provisions could restrict civic space and undermine the work of human rights defenders and civil society organisations. The organisations are the Nigerian Human Rights Defenders Network (NHRDN), Partnership for Justice, Front Line Defenders (FLD), West African Human Rights Defenders Network (WAHRDN) and Protection International (PI). According to the organisations, the proposed regulatory framework could affect independent civic groups, human rights defenders, legal aid providers and humanitarian organisations operating in Nigeria. They argued that public disclosure of information involving human rights defenders, survivors, witnesses and individuals involved in sensitive documentation could expose them to security risks.