President Tinubu has left Bissau en route Abuja after attending the 63rd ECOWAS Summit of Heads of State and Government.
The president attended the Summit, which was held on Sunday, July 9, to address memoranda on pressing sub-regional issues including the Report of the 50th Ordinary Session of the Mediation and Security Council (MSC) covering security challenges faced by the member countries; Report of the 90th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Council of Ministers on the financial situation of the body and the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as well as Report on the status of Transition in the Republics of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea.
Other issues slated for discussion include; the Memoranda on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme and the Report on Obstacles to the Free Movement of Goods on the Abidjan- Lagos corridor.
While in Bissau, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerged as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
An elated Tinubu pledged to take democracy seriously, noting that, though challenging, it is still the best form of government.