President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be announced on Sunday as the new chairman of the Economic Community Of West African States, ECOWAS.
Bayo Onanuga, a former media aide to the president, said this via his official Twitter account on Sunday, June 9, 2023.
The City Gazette reports that Tinubu left Nigeria on Saturday, to attend the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS in Guinea-Bissau.
Onanuga further maintained Tinubu appointment will be made official during the ongoing leadership meeting of the ECOWAS.
The Nigerian president will succeed Guinea-Bissau counterpart, President Umaro Embalo, who was in Nigeria a few days ago.
The tweet reads: “Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will become the new ECOWAS chairman today, succeeding President Umaro Embalo of Guinea Bissau, who became chairman 4 July 2022, at the 61st summit in Accra.
“Tinubu’s leadership will be announced in Bissau today at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States.”