Diomaye Faye, the Senegalese president, sets the tone on expectations for the year 2025 to his government on Wednesday January 15, 2025.
He asks ministers to accelerate the implementation of projects for the modernization of transport infrastructure.
During the Council of Ministers, the Senegalese President speaks of an urgent need for acceleration, reports the Minister of Vocational Training, government spokesperson, Amadou Moustapha Njekk Sarré.
“The President of the Republic emphasized the urgency of accelerating the modernization of transport in all its compartments, following the conclusions of the general meetings of the sector”.
The Spokesperson continues by indicating that Bassirou Diomaye Faye: “asked the Prime Minister and the Minister of Infrastructure and Land and Air Transport to finalize the government’s action plan for the modernization of land transport”.
For the head of the Senegalese executive, the agenda for modernizing transport infrastructure must be rapid and effective.
-However, it recognizes the existence of legal, logistical, administrative, fiscal and financial constraints.
“He reminded the government of the need to adopt a special system for regulating the circulation of mopeds, in accordance with the highway code and the measures prescribed for the transport of people in well-targeted areas and localities” reports Mr. Sarré.
Also “He asked the government to include the transport sector as a priority area in the deployment of incentives to promote the employability and decent employment of young people.”
The President urges in his directives: “The government must accentuate the development of professional training instruments (for drivers, mechanics, etc.) and better security of ‘informal jobs’ in the sector through the organization of stakeholders and their adequate financing.”
