{"id":463268,"date":"2018-02-10T14:58:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T14:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/10\/charlotte-osei-leads-ecowas-mission-to-sierra-leone\/"},"modified":"2018-02-10T14:58:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T14:58:29","slug":"charlotte-osei-leads-ecowas-mission-to-sierra-leone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/10\/charlotte-osei-leads-ecowas-mission-to-sierra-leone\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Osei leads ECOWAS Mission to Sierra Leone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 10 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-10<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/40104657.295.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Osei 0934\" title=\"Charlotte Osei 0934\" width=\"295\" height=\"181\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mrs Charlotte Osei has been selected to lead a pre-election fact-finding Mission to Sierra Leone<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518274709_652_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei as leader of its pre-Election Fact-Finding Mission to Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p>The West African country goes to the polls on March 7, 2018 to elect a President and members of its legislative assembly.<\/p>\n<p>While in the country, the ECOWAS Mission is expected to among others, gather all information on the conditions under which the elections shall be conducted; meet all the contesting candidates, political party leaders, government authorities, and other competent bodies; as well as assess the status of preparations for the elections.<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the 5-member Mission are:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2013 Professor Antonia Simbine, Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria;<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2013 Dr. Remi Ajibewa, Director of Political Affairs, ECOWAS;<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2013 Mr. Francis Gabriel Oke, Head of Electoral Assistance Division; and<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2013 Mr. Luther Barou, Programme Officer, Operations.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Osei, whose influence and credibility on the continent has soared after she supervised Ghana\u2019s Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Ghana in 2016, was recently unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Association of African Electoral Authorities (AAEA), after previously serving as its President.<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Ghana elections was widely described by the international community as one of the best organized elections globally, further cementing the country\u2019s reputation as a stable democracy, earning the EC chair the 2017 Woman of Courage Award by the United States Government.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 45 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 10 February 2018 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2018-02-10 Mrs Charlotte Osei has been selected to lead a pre-election fact-finding Mission to Sierra Leone The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei as leader of its pre-Election Fact-Finding Mission to Sierra Leone. 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