Ex-Liberian President Sirleaf Middle and INEC Chairman, Yakubu Mahmood Right
The head of ECOWAS election observer mission for the 2019 elections, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has met with the INEC Chairman at the INEC headquarters in Nigeria.
Sirleaf says the purpose of her visit is to meet with all the authorities in the electoral process to understand more than she has read on the process so far.
She said the main program for the mission will begin next week when she and the full team return to Nigeria.
The INEC Chairman, Yakubu Mahmood while welcoming Sirleaf and the team thanked ECOWAS for accepting INEC’s invitation.
Mahmood said he is looking forward to the reports and recommendations from the mission promising that the elections will be a landmark event, stressing that the polls will be free, fair and credible.
•Sourced from a Channels TV report
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