The Casamance crisis figures prominently in the Prime Minister’s general policy. “Since April 2, 2024, not a day has passed without my action and my thoughts being turned towards Casamance. This part of the national territory which has been scarred, for 42 years, by violence born from a tangle of misunderstandings and manipulations of all kinds,” declared Ousmane Sonko. But according to party leader Pastef, progress has been noted in the restoration of peace in this southern part of the country.
“Significant and commendable progress in the restoration of
peace have been achieved in recent years, it now remains to complete the process of total and definitive pacification of this natural region with infinite potential,” he informed. Before ensuring his commitment to the unity of the country.
“My government, under the guidance of the President of the Republic, is committed to it and works on it daily with openness, but with firmness regarding the principles of national unity,” he said, indicating all his desire to bring back all those displaced by the war.
“This is why one of the first measures that I took on this issue, on the instructions of the President of the Republic, was to hold an Interministerial Council for the return of displaced people to their villages.” But, according to the Prime Minister, this desire has a cost. “This council, which dedicated the ambitious “Diomaye Special Plan
for Casamance 2024-2025″, with a provisional cost of 54 billion CFA francs, with the establishment, respectively in the regions of Ziguinchor, Sédhiou and Kolda, of an inclusive regional steering committee”, he said. -he said.
Ousmane Sonko also plans to “strengthen the institutional and budgetary capacities of the National Agency for the Revival of Economic Activities in Casamance (Anrac) responsible for coordinating the execution of the interventions of the special plan, to mobilize financing for mine clearance operations an estimated cost of 15 billion CFA francs, to make priority use of very small, small and medium-sized enterprises and local labor in the conduct of government projects or supported by the State, to create expertise local for the maintenance and maintenance of infrastructure and materials and equipment, to provide a suitable system to support places to ensure the employability and employment of young people and women by creating the conditions for the continued development of local expertise for the upkeep and maintenance of infrastructure, materials and equipment,” he said.
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