Élimane Haby Kane, president of the “Legs Africa” Think Tank, expressed a divergent opinion regarding the decision of the Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, to strengthen the management, monitoring and evaluation of projects resulting from the 26 strategic objectives of the five-year plan 2025-2029. Guest of the “Objection” show on Sudfm radio this Sunday, January 12, Kane described this initiative as “ineffective”.
According to Élimane Kane, the centralization advocated by Sonko risks burdening the decision-making process and harming efficiency. He stressed that “centralization is not good. It does not mobilize, creates internal resistance and complicates the system.” Rather than reinforcing centralization, Kane preaches for “decentralized and deconcentrated governance”.
He proposes the establishment of an efficient information system which would allow the Prime Minister to monitor the progress of projects in real time. For Kane, centralizing all decisions regarding ambitious investments over five years could lead to blockages. This opinion, collected during the show on Sudfm hosted by Baye Oumar Guèye, was relayed by our colleagues from Sud Quotidien.
Kane emphasizes the importance of letting each structure and institution play its role at all levels of control, while ensuring monitoring and evaluation. He affirms that “establishing a relevant and efficient information system would allow the Prime Minister to better supervise projects”, stressing that centralization could paradoxically slow down the ambitious projects planned for the next five years.
-This analysis, reported by Nando Cabral Gomis in the publications of Sud Quotidien, highlights a crucial debate for the future of the Senegalese government’s development plan.
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