12.11.2026
Former Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo will head the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Election Observation Mission to Nigeria’s January 16, 2027 general elections.
According to a statement released by the office of the two-term Ghanaian President on Thursday, Mr Akufo-Addo will lead a 200 member ECOWAS delegation to observe the elections.
“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.