During the Council of Hebdomedary Ministers, the President of the Republic Bassirou Diomaye Faye tackled 4 crucial points in his management policy of Senegal. Here they are.
1-Religion
From the outset, the head of state spoke of the annual Daaka of Médina Gounass. Bassirou Diomaye Faye thanked the caliph Thierno Amadou Tidiane Bâ, the faithful and the government, under the leadership of the Prime minister, for their mobilization.
Still concerning the religious aspect, the President of the Republic praised the holding in Dakar of the 5th General Assembly of the Bishops of West Africa. Bassirou Diomaye Faye reiterated his support for Monsignor André Gueye, a new archbishop of Dakar.
2- Dialogue social
Continuing his speech, the head of state returned to the social dialogue of May 1, marked by the signing of the social stability pact after consultations between the government, the unions and the employers.
-« The President of the Republic congratulates all the parties for this progress and insists on the importance of respecting the commitments while strengthening the follow -up mechanisms, in particular via the High Council of Social Dialogue Then informed the press release.
3- Intensify consultations to support the press
Then Bassirou Diomaye Faye approached the thorny case of the press. The president thus invited the government to ” Intensify consultations to support the modernization of the press sector in the face of the digital challenge and artificial intelligence ». A reflection will be carried out on the press code and a renovated framework for funding for public service media, we then learned.
4- Water in rural areas
Finally, the President of the Republic has focused on the problem of access to water in the rural environment. He ” Request urgent measures to improve the distribution of water in rural areas, with regular monitoring by the minister in charge of hydraulics ».
In addition, Bassirou Diomaye Faye wishes an acceleration of the implementation of the recommendations of national consultations on water held in Kaolack in November 2024.
