After his reelection as Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for another one-year tenure, President Bola Tinubu has appointed President Bassirou Faye of Senegal as a Special Envoy to discuss with Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.
President Tinubu was re-elected during the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority, held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja.
Speaking at the end of the Ordinary Session of the Authority, President Tinubu announced President of Senegal, Bassirou Faye, as the Special Envoy of the ECOWAS Commission to mediate with the leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger who announced their exit from the community earlier in the year.
President Faye will undertake the new task alongside Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar.
He said: “Having a new mandate, I will request Faye of Senegal to please become our special envoy alongside Tuggar, to do a round-the-clock work with our brothers and Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger and coordinate with me, if necessary and with the commission.”