Nigeria Presidents Who Headed ECOWAS [Full List]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was on Sunday officially elected as the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States Authority of the Heads of State and Government.

Naija News reports that Tinubu’s attendance of the forum of West African leaders was his first as Nigeria’s president and second official trip out of the country after a summit in Paris, France.

Tinubu succeeded President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau as the leader of the sub-regional political and economic body.

However, Tinubu is not the first Nigerian president to emerge as chairman of the sub-regional African body.

See below a list of Nigerian Presidents who have chaired ECOWAS and the period they led the body:

1: Sani Abacha – (27 July 1996 – 8 June 1998)

2: Abdulsalami Abubakar – (9 June 1998 – 1999)

3: Umaru Musa Yar’Adua – (19 December 2008 – 18 February 2010)

4: Goodluck Jonathan – (18 February 2010 – 17 February 2012)

5: Muhammadu Buhari – (31 July 2018 – 29 June 2019)

6: Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria (9 July 2023 till date).