The Economic Community of West Africa States -ECOWAS, yesterday, October 24, harped on the need for a peaceful conduct of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria.
A delegation of ECOWAS Pre-Election Fact-Finding Mission to Nigeria headed by former chairman of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, made the call during his visit to the Independent National Electoral Commission -INEC, headquarters on Monday in FCT, Abuja.
Meanwhile, the Director of Political Affairs, ECOWAS Commission, Remi Ajibewa, who was the spokesperson of the group, remarked that elections were vital to the socio-economic activities of countries in the West African sub-region and that the delegation was on a fact-finding mission ahead of Nigeria’s elections in line with ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol 2021 to observe elections in Nigeria.
In his remark, the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, assured the delegation of the commission’s commitment to a credible election in 2023.
