The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has selected former Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei, as a Deputy Head of the ECOWAS pre-election mission to Nigeria.

This comes as the West African country makes preparations for its general elections in 2019.

The Head of the mission is Mohammed N’fah Alie Conteh, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone and the group is expected to visit Nigeria from 1 November 2018 to 15 November 2018.

They will visit several cities across the country with the objective of meeting with all the stakeholders involved in the electoral process, including candidates, the media, leaders of political parties, administrative and electoral authorities; and development partners in order to assess the state of preparedness of the upcoming polls.