Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been appointed to lead a 200-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Election Observation Mission to Nigeria ahead of the country's 2027 general elections.
A statement issued by the Office of the Former President on Thursday, November 12, 2026, said Mr Akufo-Addo had been appointed by ECOWAS to lead the deployment of election observers for Nigeria's presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for January 16, 2027.
The country's governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections are scheduled for February 6, 2027.
The statement said the mission would be constituted in accordance with the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance, adopted in 2001.
The 200-member team will comprise experts and representatives from various institutions across West Africa, including foreign affairs ministries, electoral commissions and ECOWAS institutions.
Its membership will include ECOWAS ambassadors accredited in Abuja, members of the ECOWAS Council of the Wise, the ECOWAS Court of Justice and ECOWAS Parliamentarians.
Representatives of electoral commissions from ECOWAS member states, civil society organisations, media practitioners and electoral experts from across the region will also form part of the mission.
The deployment forms part of ECOWAS's regional efforts to support credible electoral processes and democratic governance in its member states.
