The
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is to deploy a 250-strong
Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Nigeria for the country’s general
election.
The
ECOWAS mission, one of the largest foreign observation teams being deployed in
Nigeria, will be headed by former Ghanaian President John Kufuor, who led a
fact-finding mission to the country last October.
An
innovation this time is that the EOM, which is due in Nigeria from 10 February
2015, will be preceded by a 12-member Long-Term Election Observation Mission
(LTEOM), whose members will be deployed from 22nd January to 18 February 2015
A statement from the organisation noted that
while the short-term mission will concentrate on the regular observation of the
electoral process, before, during and the post-election period, the LTEOM will
serve as a rapid response mechanism for emergencies and contribute to the
prevention and management of election related conflicts.
It
stated that the members will provide credible real-time analysis and
substantial recommendations and also help to create an atmosphere of public
trust and encourage citizen participation.
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