President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been elected for a second term in office as Chairperson of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
The Ghanaian president’s re-election took place on February 3 at an extraordinary session held by the authority.
A statement released by the authority said ”The Authority calls on His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Republic of Ghana with the support of the Ministerial Ad hoc Committee on institutional reforms to lead a reflection on the issues and a report on this point be submitted to the ordinary session of the Authority to be held in June 2021.”
It added that “To that effect, a consensus emerged from the heads of state and governments that His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo continues for a second term as Chair of the ECOWAS Authority to oversee the implementation of the reforms.”
President Akufo-Addo was appointed ECOWAS Chair in October 2020 at an ECOWAS meeting in Niger on September 7, 2020.
Source: News Desk
