Buhari elected ECOWAS chairman

President Muhammadu Buhari is the new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

He was elected at the 53rd ordinary session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Lome, Togo.

Read also: Abuse Naira and go to jail, CBN tells Nigerians

On Tuesday night, Bashir Ahmad, the president’s personal assistant on new media, tweeted that Buhari had been elected head of the regional body.

“President @MBuhari emerges as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS,” he wrote.

Buhari replaces President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo.

 

RipplesNigeria… without borders, without fears

Click here to join the Ripples Nigeria WhatsApp group for latest updates.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now