The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday adopted a motion sponsored by
the Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, congratulating President Bola Ahmed
Tinubu on his emergence as the chairman of the Economic Community of West
African States (ECOWAS).
Barau, in the motion, drew the attention of the upper
legislative chamber to the emergence of President Tinubu as Chairman of ECOWAS
at the recently concluded 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of
State and Government of ECOWAS held in Bissau, capital of the Republic of
Guinea-Bissau.
According to him, West African countries have, by the
singular act of nominating a Nigerian leader two months after taking the oath
of office as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, shown that they have great confidence in Nigeria leading other nations
within the subregion.
“Observes that by clinching this influential and strategic
position on his very first participation at such a high-level meeting of ECOWAS
barely two months after his inauguration as President, the sub-regional body
has reposed great confidence in the leadership qualities of President Bola
Tinubu and reaffirms Nigeria’s leadership role on the African continent generally
and the sub-region in particular,” he said.
Barau, who represents Kano North Senatorial District,
expressed optimism that President Tinubu, in his capacity as ECOWAS leader,
would uphold ECOWAS protocol and promote peace and conflict resolution within
the subregion.
In his contribution, the former governor of Abia State and
senator representing Abia North senatorial district, Orji Uzor Kalu, urged
President Tinubu to encourage ECOWAS countries to stop maltreating Nigerians
living and doing legitimate businesses in their countries.
“The emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Chairman of
ECOWAS is a welcome development for us and I hope he will use his office to
protect the interests of Nigerians who are being maltreated in some African
countries,” he said.
The senator representing Benue North West senatorial
district, Titus Tartenger Zam, urged President Tinubu to make a case against
elements intruding into the territory of Nigeria, saying that they were
responsible for incessant attacks.
He explained that elements attacking Nigerians are coming
from the neighbouring ECOWAS countries, and also from Cameroon.
According to him, “The elevation of the President to the
leadership of ECOWAS will give us a privileged platform to address security challenges.”
In his remark, Senate President Godswill Akpabio felicitated
with the President and adopted the amended prayers that “principal officers
will pay a congratulatory visit to him.”
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