Buhari congratulates Tinubu on emerging ECOWAS Chairman

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his election as Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the sub-regional group on Sunday in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.

President Bola Tinubu at ECOWAS meeting

Former President Buhari in a statement by his Media Assistant, Garba Shehu, released on Monday, declared: “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.”