Former Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been appointed to lead a 200-member ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Nigeria ahead of the country's general elections scheduled for January 16, 2027.
The appointment by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) places Mr Akufo-Addo at the head of a regional delegation tasked with monitoring the conduct of the elections.
The mission will comprise representatives from foreign affairs ministries, electoral management bodies, ECOWAS ambassadors in Abuja, the Council of the Wise, the ECOWAS Court of Justice and the ECOWAS Parliament.
Civil society organisations, media practitioners and electoral experts from across West Africa will also be represented on the team.
A statement issued by the Office of Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday, November 12, 2026, said the deployment was in accordance with the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance, adopted in 2001.
The protocol provides a regional framework for promoting democratic governance and credible electoral processes among member states.
