Former 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 January 16, 2027, general elections. The appointment by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) places the former Ghanaian president at the helm of a regional delegation tasked with monitoring the electoral process and ensuring the polls are conducted in accordance with established democratic principles.
The mission will comprise representatives from foreign affairs ministries, electoral management bodies, ECOWAS ambassadors based in Abuja, the Council of the Wise, the ECOWAS Court of Justice and the ECOWAS Parliament. Civil society organisations, media professionals and electoral experts from across the West African region will also be represented.
According to a statement released by the Office of Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday, November 12, 2026, the deployment is in accordance with the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance, which was adopted in 2001.
