The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Summit in Guinea Bissau has just appointed Nigeria’s President Ahmed Bola Tinubu as chairman of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government for the next one year.
Tinubu takes over from Guinea Bissau’s President, Umaro Sissoco Embalo.
Tinubu’s election to the ECOWAS rotational Chair follows a precedence set in 2020 when Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, was similarly elected while the challenge to his electoral victory was also pending in court.