"Comment Sonko peut-il instruire la Sonacos d'acheter 450.000 tonnes alors qu'il peine à mobiliser 70 milliards FCFA" (Mbaye Dione)
On a tour to build up his party's support and meet with Senegalese people in the Kaolack region to prepare for the upcoming elections, particularly the local elections, the deputy-mayor of Ngoundiane and Secretary General of the AFP, Mbaye Dione, spoke about the national situation in the country, in particular the difficulties of the peanut campaign in the Saloum.
“We are in the peanut basin, and everyone knows that farmers who have harvested their corn and peanuts are struggling to find a way to sell them. A budget of 130 billion CFA francs was announced to finance the campaign. Yet, exactly one month after the official opening on December 5th, the Prime Minister is coming to Saloum today to acknowledge shortcomings and technical failures. This is proof of the blatant incompetence against which we had warned,” emphasized MP Mbaye Dione.
Moustapha Niasse's successor believes the current management breaks with usual practices. "A serious government mobilizes the banking sector as early as November, even before the harvest. Currently, most local banks are no longer able to support the state due to a lack of liquidity. As for foreign banks, they have lost confidence because they see that Senegal is in difficulty. At this precise moment, they don't even have 50 billion to finance the campaign," Mbaye Dione complains.
The parliamentarian expressed strong skepticism regarding Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko's announcements. He found it "a shame" that "after a month of campaigning, the Prime Minister is forced to acknowledge shortcomings only to then make new commitments. He instructs Sonacos to purchase 450,000 tons of peanuts instead of 250,000. But how can he give such instructions when he is struggling to raise 70 billion? These are just empty promises."
The leading progressive, who on occasion visited the Khalifs General of Medina Baye and Léona Niassène, warned, challenging the Prime Minister: "If the country's financial situation is not restored, the campaign will be catastrophic and 2026 will be particularly difficult for Senegalese people, and especially for farmers."
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On perdu la confiance des bailleurs
Travaillons pour trouver rapidement un accord avec le FMI pour réouvrir les vannes et redresser la situation. On est quasiment en ...faillite!! et c'est malheureusement la triste vérité.
On est dans un pays où les gens pensent que tout le monde peut occuper tout poste de responsabilité, voilà ce que ça donne! Misère depuis toujours, et aucune perspective reluisante à court et moyen terme!!!
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