ECOWAS names Nigeria's President Tinubu chairman

Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - The ECOWAS Summit in Guinea Bissau has named Nigeria's President Ahmed Bola Tinubu as Chairman of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government for the next one year.

He takes over from Guinea Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo.

Tinubu's electoral victory in February 2023 is subject of an ongoing legal challenge by two opposition political parties, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) over alleged irregularities.

Tinubu's election to the ECOWAS rotational Chair follows a precedent set in 2020, when Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo was similarly elected while the challenge to his electoral victory was also pending in court. The Ghanaian Supreme Court upheld his election.

-0- PANA MA/RA 9July2023