President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau has emerged President of the regional body, ECOWAS.
President Emballo will chair the body for the next one year.
He was elected at Sunday’s Accra Summit to succeed Ghana’s Nana Akufo-Addo, who held the position for almost two years.
Gambia’s Dr. Omar Alieu Touray was also introduced as the new President of the ECOWAS Commission replacing Cote d’Ivoire’s Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, who has served a four-year mandate with an extension of three months and 10 days ending 10th July.
The outgoing president will later today assume office as Governor of the Central Bank of West African States.
