Bola Tinubu, president of Nigeria, was chosen by West African leaders to succeed Umaro Sissoco Embalo as head of the ECOWAS region in 2019.
Following his election as ECOWAS president, Bola Tinubu claimed democracy was “the best form of government,” albeit he acknowledged that it was “very difficult to manage” at a conference in Bissau.
A tough stance against any political coups in West Africa was also guaranteed by the new ECOWAS head.
Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso, three ECOWAS nations, have had a total of five coups since 2020
Omar Alieu Touray, the president of the ECOWAS Commission, asked the juntas in these nations to adhere to established timetables for transferring power to civilian authorities.
The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), which had resolved in January 2022 to sanction the junta’s determination to hold onto power for a while, decided on Saturday to lift Mali’s suspension from its bodies and institutions.
