Nigeria’s former vice President Namadi Sambo will lead
the 120 ECOWAS Observation Mission to Ghana’s Presidential and Parliamentary
elections scheduled for 7 December 2024.
Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS Commissioner for
Political Affairs, Peace and Security, said Wednesday that Sambo confirmed his
acceptance during a visit to his Abuja residence on Tuesday by an ECOWAS
delegation led by the ECOWAS Commission President Omar Alieu Touray.
Touray briefed Sambo on the political developments in
Ghana and the arrangements by the Commission to ensure that the ECOWAS
observation team successfully carried out is mission in Ghana.
Sambo described his role as service to the Community
and recalled the success of the ECOWAS observation mission he led to the 2020
general elections in Niger Republic.
He assured the President of the Commission of his
availability to work with the ECOWAS team and prayed for the peaceful conduct
of the Ghana elections.
Ahead of the elections, ECOWAS sent a fact-finding
Mission to Ghana in July 21-27 to assess the country’s preparedness for the
crucial vote.
Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo is not on the
ballot this year having completed his constitutional allowed two-terms.
Even so, there is political tension particularly
between the ruling NPP and the opposition NDC, the two political parties that
have dominated political power in Ghana.
Ghana is currently operating a hung parliament with no
political party enjoying the majority in the 275-seat legislature, resulting in
the opposition NDC producing the Speaker of the House.
Ghana with an estimated 34.4 million people has more
than 18.7 million registered voters.
The country has 27 political parties, and the 7
December presidential race is featuring 39 candidates – 12 from political
parties and 27 independents.
The NDC is fielding former President John Mahama,
while the NPP has Akufo-Addo’s deputy Mahamudu Bawumia as its candidate.
Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission (EC) has informed
the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) to replace its presidential nominee Madam Akua
Donkor, who passed on recently.
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