Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West Africa States at the ongoing 57th ECOWAS Summit in Niamey, Republic of Niger.
The Ghana Ministry of Information announced this via its Twitter handle.
“President @NAkufoAddo has just been elected as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at the ongoing 57th ECOWAS Summit, which is being held in Niamey, capital of Niger,” it tweeted.
President Akufo-Addo was elected unanimously by his peers and he will chair the ECOWAS for a period of one year.
Following in the footsteps of his predecessors, Jerry John Rawlings, John Agyekum Kufuor, and John Dramani Mahama, who have enjoyed, in times past, a similar privilege, President Akufo-Addo thanked the Assembly for the honour, and assured that he will do his utmost not to let the side down, and discharge his duties to the best of his abilities.
Also, During the summit, Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari warned ECOWAS leaders against elongating their tenure in office beyond constitutional limits.
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