The IGF report on Prodac. A case with many twists and turns. Long discussed without official recognition, the report from the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) on the Community Agricultural Estates Program (Prodac) led to the arrest of Mamina Daffé and Ibrahima Cissé. This document highlights serious irregularities in the management of public funds and directly points out former minister Mame Mbaye Niang for questionable practices, reports L’Obs.
Having become Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko addressed this report in front of his activists at the Grand Théâtre in Dakar. He affirmed that this document, at the origin of controversies which contributed to his exclusion from the 2024 presidential election, was now at his disposal. Shortly after, the installation of a Financial Judicial Pool marked a new stage in this matter.
The report, written by the IGF, highlights serious breaches, notably in the contract signed in 2017 between Prodac and the company Green 2000 for an amount of 29.6 billion FCFA. Although no anomaly had been noted at the time of signing, the audit revealed major dysfunctions, such as non-compliance with contractual obligations by Green 2000.
The former minister is accused of having facilitated disbursements in favor of Green 2000, despite warnings about shortcomings such as the absence of guarantees and contractual regularization. According to the report, he also failed to take action in the face of repeated violations of the contract, thus encouraging lax management and abuses.
The report highlights the negative impact of these irregularities on the project, in particular the inability to correlate the disbursements made by Locafrique and the work carried out. While Khadim Bâ was recently interviewed in prison, the investigation continues to determine the responsibilities of Mame Mbaye Niang, now abroad, and other actors involved.
The Financial Judicial Pool is deepening its investigations, including with notarial firms, to shed light on this matter.
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