Olusegun Ariyo
President Bola Tinubu has urged leaders of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to learn from Ghana’s democratic practice.
This was contained in President Tinubu’s opening speech at the 66th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja on Sunday.
The advice followed Ghana’s successful presidential and parliamentary elections with Tinubu saying that what happened in the country is worthy of emulation by other countries in the region.
Urban Express News Online reported that ex-President John Mahama was re-elected to Lead Ghana once Again last Saturday
He defeated the incumbent Vice President, Mahamud Bawumia, who called to congratulate the winner even before the official results were declared.
He hailed the incumbent President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, who is attending the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government for the last time as President, for the successful election.
“Just a week ago on the 7th of December 2024, presidential election and parliamentary elections took place in Ghana which is the second largest democracy in our region. One of the leading candidates who happens to be the incumbent Vice President, His Excellency Mahamud Bawumia, together with the leading party, New Patriotic Party, NPP conceded defeat and accepted the outcome of the election by congratulating the President-elect, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama of National Democratic Congress, NDC for his victory even before the announcement of the official results,” Tinubu said.
Nigeria’s President also commended Senegal for the successful conduct of parliamentary elections recently.
He called for cooperation among the ECOWAS member states in protecting their citizens and providing an enabling environment for the citizens to thrive.
The ECOWAS chairman, however, noted that the economic cooperation has been bolstered by the various ECOWAS policies.
The meeting went into a closed-door session after the speeches.
