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Carter in Nigeria

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    Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrived in Nigeria yesterday for a joint four-day election assessment mission with the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), news reports said.

    Both organisations have monitored local and state elections in Nigeria and will also be monitoring the presidential elections due on 27 February.

    Carter is due to meet Nigerian military leader General Abdulsalami Abubakar and representatives of the three parties participating in the National Assembly and presidential elections. These are the Alliance for Democracy (AD), the All People’s Party (APP), and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

    Carter and the NDI delegation will also be meeting the Independent National Electoral Commission, the non-governmental Transition Monitoring Group as well as business, religious and labour leaders.

    The Washington-based NDI and the Carter Center have conducted programmes to support credible elections in several countries.

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