Cherté de l’électricité : Momar Ndao dénonce et appelle à élargir la tranche sociale
The president of the Senegalese Consumers Association (Ascosen), Momar Ndao, is raising the alarm about the high cost of electricity bills from Senelec. A guest on the "Seneweb Eco" program this Sunday, November 9th, he denounced a situation that has become "untenable" for many Senegalese households, calling for an urgent review of Senelec's tariff system.
“We have families living on less than 100,000 francs a month who receive bills of 20,000 to 25,000 francs,” he lamented, arguing that the current calculation method “is no longer suited to the reality of purchasing power.” According to him, the social welfare bracket, intended to protect the most vulnerable, “only covers a small portion of the population.”
Momar Ndao proposes expanding the social bracket to allow more households to benefit from a subsidized tariff. "When consumption exceeds 150 kilowatt-hours, the tariff becomes almost prohibitive," he explains. "However, with urbanization and increased domestic needs, many families consume slightly more without necessarily being wealthy."
Ascosen also advocates for greater transparency regarding the composition of electricity prices. "We cannot ask people to make sacrifices without telling them how their bills are calculated," argues Mr. Ndao, noting that the energy sector has undergone several reforms without consumers perceiving any lasting relief.
Indeed, for Mr. Ndao, the energy transition and the introduction of renewable energies should serve to reduce the pressure on households and not to create new taxes. "We want Senegalese people to feel the positive effects of public investments in the sector," he insists.
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