Tinubu congratulates Senegal’s president elect, Faye

He congratulated incumbent President Macky Sall for overseeing an election broadly deemed peaceable and evident.

Tinubu’s congratulatory message is contained in a press release signed by his Particular Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu congratulates President-elect Bassirou Dionaye Faye and the individuals of the Republic of Senegal.’

Faye emerged as Senegal’s President-elect after an unprecedented victory in the presidential election on Sunday, March 24, 2024.

The nation’s electoral fee stated that over 7 million individuals out of roughly 17 million Senegalese had been registered to vote. The civil society observer group COSCE revealed that voter turnout was over 61 %.

To win, candidates needed to save over 50 per cent of the vote.

Though the Senegalese Information Company, APS, mentioned the constitutional council would announce the outcomes on April 3, preliminary outcomes confirmed the opposition candidate, Faye, polling about 53.7 per cent.

Additionally, former Prime Minister and ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba secured 36.2 per cent, primarily based on counts from 90 per cent of polling stations within the first-round vote, the electoral fee mentioned.

Ba, who backed incumbent President Sall, conceded defeat primarily based on the preliminary outcomes.

Faye has since welcomed the transfer, saying, “I salute the method of the opposite candidates who, without exception, have honoured a Senegalese custom without even being ready for the official outcomes to be introduced by the authorised state of our bodies.”

A protégé of opposition chief Ousmane Sonko, Faye has vowed to steer with humility, combat corruption, and defend Senegal from corruption and interference from international powers.

He mentioned the success of the presidential election in Senegal and the profitable conduct of the overall election in Liberia several months in the past have affirmed his long-held conviction that the taproot of democracy is deeply established in West Africa and can solely develop stronger as its watered by good governance, justice, and equity to all.

The Chairman of ECOWAS, the President, affirmed that the profitable conduct of the Senegal election is “a lift to the sub-regional organisation in its efforts to advertise peace and constitutional order, in addition, to strengthen ties amongst member states.”

Due to this fact, he congratulated the individuals of Senegal and reminded them of Nigeria’s greatest needs and assistance.

The final Sunday’s election was the primary without a sitting president on the poll after period limits had been launched, barring Sall from seeking a third period.