February 23 Polls: AU To Monitor Elections Integrity In Nigeria, Senegal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 22, 2019
The African Union has said its election observerswould provide
accurate and impartial reporting and assessment ofthe quality of
Saturday’s elections in Nigeria and in Senegal, onSunday.
an AU statement said that the Chairperson of the AUCommission,
Moussa Faki, has authorised the deployment of AUElection
Observation Missions to the two West Africancountries.
According to the AU, the objectives of the electionobservation missions
in the two countries is mainly to provide anaccurate and impartial
reporting or assessment of the quality of elections.
Nigeria is scheduled to hold Presidential andNational Assembly
Elections on Saturday, which will be followed byGovernorship, House
of Assembly and Area Council Elections on March 9.
Senegal will also hold Presidential Election on Sunday.
The pan African bloc’s election observers are alsoexpected to offer
Recommendations for improvement of future electionsbased on the
findings.