[ 2011-04-13 ]

Former President Kufuor

Kufuor leads AU observer mission for Nigeria’s elections
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor is expected
to leave Accra Wednesday for Abuja, Nigeria, as
the head of a 40-member African Union (AU)
Observer Mission to that country’s presidential
elections which comes off on Saturday, 16th
April.

The AU Mission to be deployed to all parts of the
country is made up of personalities from the AU
Commission, the Pan-African Parliament, officials
of national electoral bodies and members of the
African Civil Society.

The mission is expected at the outset, to make an
independent and impartial observation of the
electoral process in Nigeria, a statement from the
office of the former president signed by the
Spokesperson Frank Agyekum said.

Former President Kufuor, according to the
statement, will also coordinate activities of the
Observer Mission of the International Republic
Institute whose pre-election monitoring team he
chaired last March.

About 73 million people have registered for the
presidential, parliamentary, and gubernatorial
polls over two weeks.

Twenty-two candidates are contesting incumbent
Goodluck Jonathan for the presidency while there
are 360 seats up for grabs in the House of
Representatives, and 109 in the Upper House.

Logistical constrains, including the inability for
voting materials to be distributed to all
electoral areas caused the two-week elections to
be postponed for a week.

It said former President Kufuor would be away for
about one week.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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