Africa
AKUFO-ADDO TO LEAD 200-MEMBER ECOWAS OBSERVER MISSION FOR NIGERIA’S 2027 GENERAL ELECTIONS
Former Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been appointed to lead a 200-member ECOWAS Election Observation Mission for Nigeria’s January 16, 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections. The delegation will include representatives from foreign ministries, electoral commissions, ECOWAS institutions, civil society, the media and election experts from across West Africa, and will operate under the bloc’s 2001 Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance. Nigeria’s governorship and State House of Assembly elections are scheduled for February 6, while President Bola Tinubu is campaigning for a second term.
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