The Head of the ECOWAS Presidential Election Observation Mission in Senegal, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, arrived in Dakar, Senegal on Monday, March 18, 2024.
Speaking on Arrival, Professor Gambari expressed his pleasure and honour at leading this mission to the hospitable country of Senegal, which has been renowned for decades as a model of democracy in West Africa.
He expressed hope that the current process would occur under peaceful and orderly circumstances and comply with regional and international principles, norms and standards.
According to the statement by the ECOWAS Commission, Professor Gambari is leading a team of 130 observers from all ECOWAS member states other than Senegal, 14 long-term observers, electoral experts of various backgrounds, who had been deployed in Senegal since March 13, 2024 to monitor the entire process.
It added that 116 short-term observers will be deployed throughout Senegal to monitor the voting process on March 24.
Professor Gambari is former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Prof Gambari, Head of ECOWAS Election Observation Mission, arrives in Dakar
