
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has been appointed as head of a
team of observers to Sierra Leone’s general election scheduled to take
place on March 7, 2018.
He will serve as leader of the Election Observation Mission of the
Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA).
Jonathan left Nigeria for Freetown on Friday.
A statement by his spokesman, Ikechukwu Eze, announced the appointment.
It said the mission has observers drawn from civil society
organisations and election management bodies from across the continent.
Eze stated that the former president “is pleased to be part of the
process in support of a peaceful and transparent election in Sierra
Leone.”
EISA is a not-for-profit election-focused organization that is
working with national, regional, Pan-African and global partners
throughout the African continent.
It is based in South Africa with field offices across the continent
and has supported or observed over 100 electoral and political processes
in Africa.
Its assignment in Sierra Leone is in line with the organisation’s
“vision of an African continent where democratic governance, human
rights and citizen participation are upheld in a peaceful environment.”
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