DG de sociétés : Les enfants gâtés du système
Senegal is facing financial difficulties due to the downgrade of its international rating and the IMF's refusal to sign a new support program.
Since then, initiatives to find local funding have multiplied. Alongside the search for funding, there is also the streamlining that has been slow to take place. Until now, the focus has been more on agencies with overlapping missions or on the functioning of certain institutions such as the presidency, the prime minister's office, or the National Assembly.
We often forget about certain structures, such as public or semi-public companies. However, the general managers of these entities almost all receive royal treatment. These include structures such as the Autonomous Port of Dakar, Apix, Artp, La Poste, Senelec, etc.
Under Abdoulaye Wade, some directors, like Amadou Kane Diallo of the Coseg, paid themselves a salary of 12 million a month. The director of the Artp received 8 million. In short, the directors were making a killing off public money.
Once in power, Macky Sall wanted to put an end to this nonsense. The maximum salary was set at 5 million for category 1 executive agencies, compared to 2 million for those at the bottom of the corporate and executive agency ladder. Added to this is a differential allowance and an annual performance bonus capped at 35% of the annual base salary. The spirit of this law was intended to encourage directors of public companies to follow suit, in the absence of legislation.
But today, we wonder what the situation is in light of the controversy surrounding the supposed 7 million salary of Fadilou Keita Keita, CEO of the CDC. The person concerned's response indicates that the ceiling has been breached, if it ever existed on the companies' side. "Even if all CEO salaries were reduced to 5 million, the impact on the budget would be minimal." In other words, CEOs, himself first and foremost, are currently receiving more than 5 million per month. We would like to know the salaries of the CEOs of the Port, ARTP, LONASE, Senelec, etc.
Yet, despite the old regime's rationalization efforts, it remains clear that directors-general are the spoiled children of the system. A salary of 5 million in a country as poor as Senegal. Not only do directors-general earn more than the president (4.8 million) and his prime minister (4 million), who are nevertheless accountable to the nation, but some directors-general also have a higher salary than their supervisory minister, who is content with 3.9 million. Here, the argument of responsibility or contribution to the state coffers does not stand up to reality, since the minister, the prime minister, or the president each have heavier responsibilities and a higher risk exposure.
Added to this treatment is an extraordinary severance package. In September 2020, Moussa Diop was dismissed from the general management of Dakar dem dikk. A few months later, a controversy with his successor, Oumar Boun Khatab Sylla, revealed that the former CEO had reached an agreement with Dakar dem dikk's board of directors for a severance package of 120 million. The amount was to be paid in installments of 30 million, and Moussa Diop had received the first installment. But when the deadline for the second installment fell due, CEO Sylla refused to pay. This gave rise to both a media and legal battle.
This controversy had the merit of revealing to the general public a reality that it was far from imagining: allocating a severance payment of 120 million CFA francs to a director of a public company, which was also loss-making.
Indeed, Dakar dem dikk receives annual compensation from the state to maintain its prices. It is therefore clear to everyone that the company's option is not economic, but rather social.
The state and the board of directors therefore know that Dakar dem dikk will not be able to make a profit unless the model changes. Thus, granting its CEO 120 million in compensation amounts to dipping into the amounts allocated by the state to enrich an individual.
For comparison, the Minister of Transport, who is the boss of the director of Dakar dem dikk, only receives six months' salary if he leaves the government. And he would have to be unemployed during that six-month period to keep this benefit. If we know that the minister has a salary of 3.9 million (2.9 million plus a million in housing allowance), this represents a total of 23.4 million in support.
So far, unless it's a covert measure, we're not aware of any severance pay for a minister. We can understand, then, that the 120 million represents a windfall that nothing justifies. And yet, DDD is almost nothing in financial terms compared to the Port, Senelec, etc.
Unfortunately, even after this controversy, we are not aware of any measure taken by the former or current head of state to set a ceiling in such a case, unlike the salutary measure taken by Macky Sall on the salaries of agency CEOs. This means that CEOs may have benefited or perhaps even continue to benefit from unreasonable severance pay in a country as poor as Senegal. Not to mention abuses such as the use of company vehicles for political activities, as was the case with La Poste under Ciré Dia.
With the Diomaye-Sonko tandem having promised greater orthodoxy in the management of public property and funds, it is hoped that a presidential decision will be made to put an end to or prevent certain follies that unscrupulous politicians will inevitably indulge in with taxpayers' money. The trust of the Senegalese people, who are regularly asked to support the recovery plan, as well as the Senegal 2050 plan, is at stake.
If they ever find out that politicians are pocketing tens of millions simply because they have to leave office, the trust in the current regime could be seriously damaged.
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C'est comme ça qu'il faut rédiger vos rubriques. Contribuez à relever le niveau de ce pays. Merci à vous
Bravo à l'auteur
Bravo!!!
Pm diminuez les salaires , supprimez les avantages et le peuple vous soutiendra longtemps
Avec le pastef la transparence est parti en congé et personne ne pouvez penser que ces gens vont percevoir des salaires qui enragé le peuple.
L ancien projet était des discours. Le nouveau projet c est récupérer le peu de sous que les ont. Rien ne va changer au Sénégal avec ce régime, sauf que les sénégalais vont plus souffrir de pauvreté.
l essentiel du budget du ministere des transports est bouffé par ageroute, une agence convoitée par tous les ingenieurs payés à coup de millions au detriment des autres ingenieurs , de vrais pauvres diables qui n ont pas de bras longs
il faut revoir le systeme de rémunération
Il faut bien remunerer nos dg pour lutter contre la corruption
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Aussi, le premier ministre nous avait promis une reduction des direction avant fin Juin 2025. On est maintenant Septembre et toujours rien. Il faut REDUIRE le nombre de direction right away et pas se soucier ou placer ces DG ou CPA sortant. Le gouvernement ne doit pas etre une clientele politique apes tout.
Il faut que la presse pousse sur ce dossier des Directions ou le nombre et le salaire des DG doivent etre REDUITE.
120 millions d'indemnité de départ tu te rends compte kamou ? C'est scandaleux et cet ex DG passe son temps sur des plateaux pour nous pourrir l'atmosphère. chim!!!
Il faut faire le focus sur les nombreux directions et les salaires de certain DG... Les Senegalais sont interesse sur ce probleme. Il faudra FORCER le regime a reduire les directions et salaires des DGs.
Il faut ausi faire focus sur le ministere de la Sante qui ne marche pas. Ce ministre doit etre remplace. Il faut vraiment que ce regime met des milliards sur la sante. Etre gravement malade au Senega est comme une peine de mort.
Cette situation soulève de sérieuses questions sur la transparence et l’équité dans la gestion des ressources au sein de la SENTER SA. Il est aussi choquant d’apprendre que l’entreprise aurait financé plusieurs voyages personnels vers la France et Maroc, sous prétexte de visites personnelles.
Enfin, l’attitude du DG vis-à-vis du personnel est de plus en plus inquiétante : aucun mot pour un agent partant à la retraite, mépris affiché pour ceux qu’il n’a pas recrutés lui-même… Ce climat de favoritisme et de manque de considération est non seulement démotivant, mais nuit gravement à la cohésion et à l’image de l'institution.
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