Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday evening, arrived Abuja after a two-day official visit to Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, to attend the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Tinubu, arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 6:30p.m., aboard the NAF 001 Boeing 737 jet.
The president, during his two-day official visit to Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, elected the new Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS.
Tinubu, after emerging as Chairman of the Authority, pledged to bear the responsibility of the office and run an inclusive administration of the regional organisation, while warning that terrorism and the persistent pattern of coup d’etat in the region had reached alarming levels, demanding urgent and concerted action.
He said, “There is no one among us who did not campaign to be a leader. We didn’t give our soldiers resources, we didn’t invest in them, in their boots, in their training to violate the freedom of the people.”
“We must not sit in ECOWAS as toothless bulldogs,” he added.
Tinubu, however, urged his counterparts to strengthen their respective democratic institutions and ensure respect for human rights and the rule of law, saying his one-year tenure “will enhance engagements with the countries in transition (Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso) to ensure their quick return to democratic rule.”
