The ECOWAS Commission Capitalized on Economic assistance for the blooming Legislative Elections hugged in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau

By Abdul Rahman Bangura-

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NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS (NABN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– The Head of ECOWAS Election Observation Mission and former President of the Republic of Cabo Verde – Jorge Carlos Fonseca, at the postelection briefing carried in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau divulged.

He remarked ECOWAS Commission expended about $712,000 to assure the accomplishment of the Sunday, 4th June 2023 legislative elections into Guinea-Bissau’s 120 National People’s Assembly. The head of the mission moreover told $500,000 of the amount was given as assistance to the National Electoral Commission (CNE), with another $92,000 given to the ECOWAS stabilization force deployed to the country to facilitate it to maintain the electoral process.

According to the former Cabo Verde President, another $120,000 was also provided by the Commission to negate the considerable responsibilities to party agents to stave off funning a threat to demonstrate the election over the arrears owed them. He applauded the 893,618 voters, constituting 434,009 men and 459,609 women, for their vast turnout and comportment, which allotted to the quiet and prosperous conduct of the election and illustrated by considerable obedience to the nation’s electoral statutes.

For New Africa Business News (NABN) Abdul Rahman Bangura Reports,  Africa Correspondent