At the summit, the president of Nigeria assumed leadership of ECOWAS.
Following a two-day visit to Guinea Bissau for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Bola Tinubu returned to Abuja on Monday.
President Muhammadu Buhari, who previously held the role in 2018, handed the reins to Tinubu at the summit, the President’s first encounter with the sub-regional authority.
The commission will treat democracy seriously under Tinubu’s leadership, he assured the sub-regional leaders.
The president of Nigeria claims that while democracy is difficult, it is the best type of government.
The region’s progress and development are being hampered, according to the new chairman of the subregional authority.
He sounded the alarm that the threat to peace in the sub-region had grown alarmingly serious due to terrorism and a developing pattern of military takeover, which now required urgent and coordinated steps from member governments.
