President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been elected the chairman of
the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
He 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.
Speaking after he was elected, Tinubu promised his
“unalloyed commitment” to providing purposeful leadership and serving the
interest of the community.
“Indeed, I’m humbled and honoured by this trust, and want to assure you of my unalloyed commitment to provide the necessary leadership with dedication to serve the interest of the community,” he said.
He also called for collective actions from member-states to
combat insecurity and terrorism affecting the progress and development of the
region.
“On peace and security, the threat has reached an alarming
level, and needs urgent actions in addressing the challenges,” Tinubu said.
“Indeed, without a
peaceful environment, progress and development in the region will continue to
remain elusive. In this regard, we must remain committed to the utilisation of
all regional frameworks at our disposal to address the menace of insecurity,”
Tinubu is the eighth Nigerian leader to be elected chairman
of ECOWAS — Buhari headed the bloc twice, as military head of state and then as
a democratic president.
The ECOWAS summit in Guinea-Bissau was Tinubu’s first
international outing on the African continent since he became Nigerian
president on May 29.
He had attended the summit for ‘A New Global Financing Pact’
hosted by Emmanuel Macron, French
president, in Paris, France, in June.
ECOWAS was formed in 1975 and currently has 15 member states
with a combined population of 387 million and nominal GDP of $816 billion.
The member states are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde,
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger,
Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
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