In furtherance of the effort to strengthen democracy in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) political parties in Nigeria under the aegis of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) have headed to Liberia to monitor that country’s elections.
A statement signed by the national publicity secretary of IPAC, Chinyere Oge-Kalu, said the presidential election taking place on Tuesday, 10th October 2023 in Liberia has attracted more than a passing interest of the international community of democrats like the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC) whose national chairman, Engr Yabagi Yusuf Sani, is leading a delegation of IPAC observer mission team made up of political party leaders from Nigeria.
Some of the political parties’ leaders in the trip according to the statement include, national chairman of Accord Party, Hon Muhammed Lawal Nalado, national chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chief Ralf Okey Nwosu and deputy national women leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Hajiya Zainab A. Ibrahim who are in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia to ensure democratic processes and principles are duly followed to guarantee a positive outcome that will deepen the roots of democracy on the subregion.
To underscore the importance of this mission, former President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, is leading the African Elders Forum amongst other notable regional bodies to observe the elections. Speaking to journalists on arrival in Monrovia, the IPAC chairman, Engr. Yabagi said, “As the chairman of the largest organisation of political parties in Africa, my expectation is that this election in Liberia will rekindle our faith in democracy and its tenets in the West African subregion in particular and the entire African continent in general.”
