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Ghana President, Nana Akufo-Addo appointed as ECOWAS chairman

The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has been elected the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West Africa States, ECOWAS.

Akufo-Addo was elected as the new ECOWAS Chair at the ongoing 57th 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.

During the summit, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), warned ECOWAS leaders against elongating their tenure in office beyond constitutional limits.

According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President made the call while presenting Nigeria’s General Statement.

The statement was titled “President Buhari urges ECOWAS leaders to resist temptation of tenure elongation.”

The statement quoted the President as saying that “It is important that as leaders of our individual member-states of ECOWAS, we need to adhere to the constitutional provisions of our countries, particularly on term limits. This is one area that generates crisis and political tension in our sub-region.

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