Tributes are pouring in after the death of the former Minister of Finance and Budget, Mamadou Moustapha Bâ. Amadou Ba, head of the list of the “Jamm Ak Njariñ” Coalition, paid tribute to the memory of his former collaborator.
“I was just saddened to hear the news. We have worked together for several years at the Ministry of Finance, he has provided invaluable services to the State of Senegal, in the design of the Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE) have been together at all stages, the mobilization of financial resources as well as in budgetary management,” declared Amadou Ba.
“He is one of the most competent and at the same time the most rigorous civil servants that I have ever known, quite honestly, and we had personal ties, our families were also linked, so as soon as I heard the news, I I checked and it’s confirmed so I decided to suspend for Dakar,” he added.
Amadou Ba indicated that he wanted to take the time to see Mamadou Moustapha Bâ’s loved ones and to think about the actions to take.
“Despite what our types of relationships represent, I offer my condolences to his family, to all of Senegal, a man who has provided service to this country and it is essential. Yesterday, I paid tribute to him at the Nioro stage where he came from in front of his family to demonstrate his skills, talk about him and unfortunately less than 24 hours, I was informed of his death. May God welcome him into his paradise. »
Amadou Ba, visibly very affected, received the news while he was in the middle of the electoral campaign, after having concluded his stop in Guinguineo and while he was preparing to go to Gossas.
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