Akufo-Addo to lead 200-member ECOWAS observer mission to Nigeria for 2027 elections
Former Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has been appointed to lead the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Election Observation Mission to Nigeria’s January 16, 2027 general elections.
Mr Akufo-Addo’s office announced the appointment in a statement on Thursday, saying the regional bloc would deploy a 200-member observer mission to monitor the elections.
He said that, in line with the regional union’s supplementary protocol on democracy and good governance, ECOWAS would deploy a 200-member team of observers.
“ECOWAS will put together a two hundred (200) member Observer Mission comprising experts from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Electoral Commissions, and 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 Organisations, media practitioners, and electoral experts from the region,” he said.
Mr Akufo-Addo served as Ghana’s president from 2017 to 2025.
The development comes as Nigerians prepare to head to the polls in January 2027 to elect a president who will lead the country for the next four years.
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