Muhammadu Buhari, the immediate past Nigerian president on Monday, congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his emergence as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The Informant247 reported that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had on Sunday, elected as the chairman, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Tinubu was elected at the 63rd ordinary session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Bissau, the capital city of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, to take over the leadership of the regional political and economic bloc.
Buhari, in a statement issued on Monday by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, prayed that Tinubu’s term in office will bring restoration to the regional economic body, while calling on Nigerians to support Tinubu as he takes up the mantle of leadership in ECOWAS.
He said, “West Africans have entrusted our new leader with an enormous responsibility, and it will be our task as citizens to support him to not let them down.”
“I pray the Almighty will make his tenure as Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government see to the restoration of ECOWAS as the bastion of democracy, good governance and a leader in fighting terrorism and climate change on the continent.”
Buhari, during his tenure as the president of Nigeria, manned the affairs of ECOWAS as chairman from July 31, 2018 to June 29 2019.