The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and the Coalition of Domestic
Election Observers (CODEO) have deployed a team of six election observers to monitor and report on the West African country’s 2019 presidential and National Assembly Elections taking place on Saturday, February 16, 2019.
The observers arrived in Abuja on Friday and will observe the elections at some polling units and also support the Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA Africa), a Nigerian civil society organization which is implementing a Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) in respect of the election.
Over the past two years, CDD-Ghana and YIAGA Africa have been exchanging lessons, experiences and best practices in the implementation of PVTs.
“CDD-Ghana believes that observing elections in other countries across the sub-region, and indeed on the continent, provides the opportunity for citizens observation groups and civil society organizations to learn best practices and new ways of enhancing and promoting electoral integrity,” a statement from CDD-Ghana said.
The six-member delegation includes Mr. Albert Arhin, CODEO National Coordinator; Mr. John Larvie, CODEO, Advisory Board Member; Dr. Franklin Oduro, Deputy Executive Director of CDD-Ghana; Mrs. Rhoda Osei-Afful, CDD-Ghana Elections Team Leader; Mr. Newton Norviewu and Mr. Courage Asare, CDD-Ghana election team members.
While wishing Nigerians the best for the election, the joint team said it intends to share lessons learnt from the election observation with electoral stakeholders in Ghana upon return.
Atiku Abubakar and incumbent president, Muhamadu Buhari are two leading candidates for the country’s presidential elections, representing PDP and APC respectively.
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By: citinewsroom.com | Ghana