A delegation of the West African Elders Forum WAEF, observation mission led by former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, arrived in Accra, Ghana, ahead of the December 7 general elections in the country.
The WAEF’s communications Officer, Wealth Dickson Ominabo, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.
Ominabo, in the statement, quoted Jonathan on arrival in Ghana, as urging Ghanaians to be patriotic and work for peaceful, free and transparent elections.
Other members of the delegation include former Burkinabe Prime Minister and President of the ECOWAS, Mr Kadre Ouedraogo; Executive Director of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, Ms Ann Iyonu, and Special Adviser to Jonathan, Ikechukwu Eze.
Jonathan commended the people of Ghana for their enduring commitment to democratic values, adding that Ghana’s history of peaceful political transitions served as a beacon for democratic governance across Africa.