PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU EMERGES AS NEW ECOWAS CHAIRMAN, HARPS ON REGIONAL SECURITY
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has elected President Bola Tinubu as its new Chairman.
On Sunday, the organization’s 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community met in Bissau, the capital of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
Tinubu’s role as chairman will be critical in guiding ECOWAS member-states toward economic progress, political stability, and cooperation.
Tinubu, as the newly appointed chairman, will work closely with member countries, regional institutions, and international partners to undertake initiatives supporting economic growth, regional trade integration, and social development.
He is also expected to focus on enhancing ECOWAS’ collective response to security concerns and encouraging tighter cooperation among member nations.
Tinubu travels to Guinea-Bissau for ECOWAS meeting Saturday
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday left Abuja for Guinea-Bissau to attend the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the country.
The president’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday evening in Abuja.
The meeting will be the president’s first official engagement in West Africa and by extension Africa, since he assumed office on May 29.
The statement read: “At the summit on Sunday, July 9, participants are expected to address memoranda on five pressing sub-regional issues.
“They include Report of the 50th Ordinary Session of the Mediation and Security Council covering security challenges faced by the member countries; Report of the 90th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Council of Ministers on the financial situation of the body and the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, as well as Report on the status of Transition in the Republics of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea.”
“Other items slated for discussion include; the Memoranda on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme and the Report on Obstacles to the Free Movement of Goods on the Abidjan-Lagos corridor.”
President Tinubu is expected to return to the country at the end of the meeting.
