Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has been named to lead a 33-nation observer mission to the Sunday, October 25, 2015 General Election to be held in Tanzania.
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Yahya Simba, announced this in Dar es Salaam yesterday at a meeting jointly organised by the UN and the government on the former’s 70th anniversary next week.
Simba said that while Jonathan will lead the Commonwealth observer team, the Mozambican President, Armando Guebuza will lead the African Union (AU) observer team.
He also noted that “Tanzania is pleased to note that the Post-2015 Development Agenda, inter alia, has taken on board the unfinished business of the MDGs, focusing on trans-formative change, and endeavouring to eradicate poverty in all its forms by 2030.”
The observers will come from 33 countries of Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific.