ECOWAS has once again invited the Atta-Mills Institute (AMI) for Civic Education and Public Policy Advocacy to join a Team of Elections Observers.
The team, led by Koku Anyidoho, will be in Liberia to observe the country’s presidential elections, which are currently taking place.
This is not the first time AMI has been invited to join ECOWAS.
It joined ECOWAS in 2021 to oversee the Benin elections and was also invited to observe the Presidential and Provincial elections in Guinea Conakry between the 14th and 20th of October 2020.
In 2020, the AMI was accredited as one of 27 Local and International Observer Groups to observe Ghana’s December 07 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
Liberians are set to vote in this year’s presidential election, with former football star George Weah seeking a second term and former Deputy President Joseph Boakai as his main challenger.
Approximately 2.4 million people have registered to vote, with polls opening at 08:00 GMT.
Mr. Weah is being challenged by 19 candidates, including two women.
He took over from Africa’s first elected female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who stepped down at the end of her two terms in 2018.
The voters are also expected to cast ballots for parliamentary representatives.
By: Rashid Obodai Provencal/Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana