ECOWAS Chairmanship: EX-President Buhari Felicitates President Tinubu

By Timothy Choji, Abuja

On Jul 10, 2023

Former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has congratulated his successor, President Bola Tinubu on his emergence as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS).

In a message issued by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, the Ex-President said he was elated to hear the news that President Tinubu was elected Chairman at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the regional bloc held on Sunday in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau.

“West Africans have entrusted our new leader with an enormous responsibility, and it will be our task as citizens to support him to not let them down.

“I pray the Almighty will make his tenure as Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government see to the restoration of ECOWAS as the bastion of democracy, good governance and a leader in fighting terrorism and climate change on the continent,” he said.

False Report

Meanwhile, the Spokesperson to the former President, Garba Shehu has refuted a report by a National Daily in Nigeria that former President Buhari has purportedly fled the country.

Shehu, in a message admonished the newspaper to sanction its Reporter for misleading the organization to publish such an embarrassing story.

“For misleading the otherwise credible newspaper to falsely report on their front page that former President Muhammadu Buhari has “fled” and on “exile” when he is currently at home with family in Daura, Katsina State, BusinessDay newspaper should sack their reporter who didn’t do the job of checking his facts.

“BusinessDay should think 10 times before running any information from the particular reporter and verify it before believing him. Every platform has tools to verify any information and we don’t expect anything less from BusinessDay.

“If they had browsed through different sources, they will have seen reports of the former President having come back home and enjoying the company of his family. A single fake news in a newspaper has the capability to destroy a reputation built on years of hard work,” Shehu advised.