Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, is leading a mission as the head of the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) 2023 election mission to Sierra Leone, Savannah News reports.
The team arrived in Freetown to provide encouragement and support for a peaceful democratic transition ahead of the country’s upcoming general election, scheduled for Saturday June 24.
The Nigeria’s former president team includes former Burkinabe Prime Minister and former President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Kadre Ouedraogo, as well as staff from the WAEF secretariat.
This was made known in a statement released by the communications officer of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation and host of the WAEF secretariat, Wealth Dickson Ominabo today in Abuja.
The statement reads in part: “Since its establishment in 2020, WAEF, an initiative of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, has undertaken missions to different countries in the sub-region, including Gambia and Nigeria, in line with the Forum’s mission of preventive diplomacy to reduce electoral-related tension and violence in West Africa.”
