President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Bassirou Faye on his election as Senegal’s new leader.

Mr Tinubu’s media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.

Mr Tinubu said Mr Faye’s election comes with great promise and a sterling record, and he wishes him success as he takes on the job of leading the people of Senegal.

The Nigerian leader also congratulated President Macky Sall for overseeing an election that has been widely adjudged as peaceful and transparent.

Mr Tinubu noted the success of the presidential election in Senegal and the successful conduct of the general election in Liberia a few months ago.

He said the two events affirmed his long-held conviction that democracy would be established in West Africa and grow stronger through good governance, justice and fairness to all.

As the chairman of ECOWAS, Mr Tinubu said the Senegal election’s successful conduct boosted the sub-regional organisation’s efforts to promote peace and constitutional order and strengthen ties among member states.

He congratulated the people of Senegal and assured them of Nigeria’s best wishes and support.

Forty-four-year-old Mr Faye, a former tax inspector, pledged to weed out corruption, restore stability, and prioritise economic sovereignty.

The Senegal president-elect said he would drop the much-criticised CFA franc currency pegged to the euro and replace it with a new Senegalese, or regional West African, currency.

(NAN)