The Minister of Infrastructure and Land and Air Transport, Yankhoba Diémé, announced promising results as part of the national registration campaign, launched on January 6, 2025. According to him, more than 18,000 motorcycles have been regularized, an effort that aligns with all the registration documents issued in 2024.
To simplify access to services for citizens, the ministry has deployed several initiatives, such as the opening of new centers in Rufisque, Guédiawaye and Pikine, as well as itinerant commissions in remote areas. A digital tool, Bindou.Mitta, has also been set up to simplify online administrative procedures.
On the sidelines of a workshop devoted to the development of the new sectoral policy letter for transport development (Lpsd-Mitta 2025-2029), organized in Saly Portudal, Yankhoba Diémé spoke of the construction of a mining center in Mbour . This concrete project aims to bring public services closer to citizens, in accordance with the vision of the Senegalese president. This event is part of the National Transformation Agenda “Senegal 2050”, which aspires to an efficient and sustainable transport system.
Stressing the crucial importance of transport to national development, the minister recalled the need to modernize infrastructure and meet the needs of the population and the economy. The challenges highlighted in the previous Sector Policy Letter (2021-2025) require a more structural approach to overcome obstacles related to mobility, maintenance and logistics.
-Yankhoba Diémé shared Senegal’s ambition to connect its eight economic poles through modern infrastructure, including rail, road and air, in order to promote regional integration and competitiveness. He insisted on the country’s determination to carry out a solid structural transformation, based on contemporary infrastructure, rational management of resources and active citizen participation. According to him, it is crucial to build a sustainable and integrated transport system to support the country’s economic and social development in the long term.
This text was read on the website of our colleagues at Le Quotidien, who also broadcast the minister’s intervention concerning the transition towards increased connectivity between regions beyond strictly quantitative objectives. This is part of a desire for structural transformation of the Senegalese economy through an improved transport system.
