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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