President Bassirou Faye of Senegal has emerged as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, spokesperson, of Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nigeria.
CityNews reports that Faye replaces Sierra Leone’s Julius Bio as the regional group leader.
Meanwhile, the position of the Commission President will now be held by
Biram Diop, who replaces Dr. Omar Toure.
Tinubu handed over the mantle of leadership to President Bio at the 67th Ordinary Session of the Authority held in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.
He succeeds Bio at a particularly challenging period for ECOWAS, with security threats, democratic setbacks, and the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger still dominating the regional agenda.
