President Bola Tinubu has been re-elected as the Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government.
The president’s mandate was extended at the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, on Sunday in Abuja.
President Tinubu was first elected in Guinea-Bissau on 9 July 2023.
In his acceptance speech, the president said he would focus on consolidating the values of democracy and upholding the interest of the regional body, which would clock 50 years in 2025.
The Chairman of ECOWAS appointed the President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, and the President of Togo, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, as Special Envoys to Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic where the militaries are in power after coups.
