The former National Security Advisor and former High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Alhaji Baba Kamara, has accepted an invitation from the President of the ECOWAS Commission to be the Deputy Head of a 250-member ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to the Federal Republic of Nigeria from February 22nd to February 28th, 2023.

The mission which is to be led by the former President of Sierra Leone, H.E. Ernest Koroma, is expected to observe the presidential election scheduled to be held in Nigeria on 25th February 2023.

Alhaji Baba Kamara’s appointment is pursuant to the provisions of the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance which seeks to harness specialised skills in the fields of diplomacy and good governance for the benefit of nation states in the subregion.