The next ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) chairman is expected to be President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Recall that Tinubu departs from Abuja on Saturday before the Sunday summit of the regional political and economic bloc’s heads of state.
TheCable reports that the president of Nigeria will succeed Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló.
This was disclosed to the aforementioned platform by diplomatic sources.
The capital of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Bissau, will host the 63rd regular meeting of the authority of heads of state and government.
In 2018, the position was previously held by former president Muhammadu Buhari.
At the ECOWAS meeting, Tinubu, who succeeded Buhari as president of Nigeria in May 2023, will travel outside of Africa for the first time.
He attended the ‘A New Global Financing Pact’ summit in Paris, France, in June, which was organized by French President Emmanuel Macron.
A report from the 50th ordinary session of the mediation and security council outlining security challenges faced by member nations, a report from the 90th ordinary session of the ECOWAS council of ministers outlining the organization’s financial situation, an update on the status of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and a report on transit issues are among the items that are anticipated to be discussed at the summit of the ECOWAS heads of state. was established in 1975 and currently consists of 15 members, with a nominal GDP of $816 billion and a population of 387 million.
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo are the states that are members.
