The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
He was elected at the ongoing 57th ECOWAS Summit, which is being held in Niamey, the capital of Niger.
The summit is being held at the Mahatma Gandhi International Conference Centre, where leaders will be considering reports form the 44th Ordinary Session of the Mediation and Security Council at the Ministerial Level and the 84th Ordinary Session of the Ecowas Council of Ministers, which preceded the Summit, among others.
This was announced by the Director of Communications at the Flagstaff House, Eugene Arhin, on his Facebook wall on Monday, September 7, 2020.
