Former President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his election as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Through a statement released on Sunday night by his former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari expressed his delight upon hearing the news of President Tinubu’s election at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the regional bloc, held in the capital of Guinea-Bissau, Bissau.
The former Nigerian leader stated, “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.
Buhari further conveyed his prayers, stating, ““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.”