President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has emerged as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
“We will take democracy seriously, Democracy is very tough but it is the best form of government,” he said upon his emergence on Sunday.
President Tinubu left Abuja on Saturday ahead of the Sunday meeting of the heads of state of the regional political and economic holding in Bissau, capital city of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
Tinubu takes over from President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau.
Former President Muhammadu Buhari previously held the position in 2018