Former President Akufo-Addo to Lead ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Nigeria
The 5th President of the 4th Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has been appointed by the Economic Community of West African States to lead a deployment of Election Observers to the 16th January 2027 General Elections in Nigeria.
In line with the West African regional union’s Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance (2001), ECOWAS will put together a two hundred member Observer Mission comprising experts from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Electoral Commissions, ECOWAS Ambassadors accredited in Abuja, Members of the ECOWAS Council of the Wise, Members of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, ECOWAS Parliamentarians, Representatives of the electoral commissions of the member states, Civil Society Organizations, media practitioners, and electoral experts from the region.
The announcement was made on Thursday, 12th November 2026, by the Office of H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
