ECOWAS Sends 40 Observers to Togo for Election Monitoring

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has deployed 40 observers to Togo for its forthcoming parliamentary and regional elections.

This was contained in a statement which disclosed that the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Alieu Touray deployed the observers for the April 29th elections, in line with the provisions of Article 12 of the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance.

The mission is led by Vice-President of The Gambia, Mrs Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang as they aim to galvanize support from the regional organisation to its Member States for the conduct of their elections

The statement reads in part:

“The mission is made up of Ambassadors from Member States accredited to ECOWAS; representatives of the ECOWAS Court of Justice and Parliament; Civil Society Organisations; media professionals and election observation specialists from the West African region.

This observation mission is being deployed following the recommendations of a pre-election fact-finding mission that visited Togo from 15 to 20 April 2024 to assess the preparatory phases of the elections.”