President Bola Tinubu’s tenure as chairman of the Financial Neighborhood of West African States
(ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Authorities ends in the present day because the sixty fifth Bizarre Session of the Authority convenes on the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Throughout this session, he’s anticipated to go on the management to a brand new chair.

Tinubu was unanimously endorsed as chairman in July 2023 on the 63rd Bizarre Session of the Authority in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.

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All through his time period, the Nigerian chief confronted important challenges, notably the prevalence of army coups in member states.

President Tinubu adopted a agency stance towards unconstitutional adjustments of presidency in Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea, resulting in the imposition of sanctions on these nations.

Nevertheless, ECOWAS later lifted the sanctions, choosing a extra diplomatic method to handle the problems.

Along with managing regional instability, Tinubu performed an important position within the success of the 2024 Senegalese elections by facilitating dialogue amongst stakeholders.

The result of the Extraordinary Summit shall be pivotal for ECOWAS because it navigates these complicated points and charts a path ahead below probably continued or new management.