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Prime Minister Dr. Apollinaire Joachimssen Kélem de Tambela chaired the second ordinary meeting of the Steering Committee of the Patriotic Support Fund (FSP) at the Kourouba Palace in Ouagadougou on Monday, July 1, 2024. This event is of vital importance for the activities of the FSP and aims, in particular, to take stock of the Fund’s achievements since the beginning of the year, assess current projects, and define strategic directions for the coming months. In the presence of several members of the Government, Vieux Abdoul Rachid Soulama, President of the Management Committee of the Patriotic Support Fund (CGFSP), presented the FSP report.
The second quarter of this year’s Patriotic Support Fund Steering Committee meeting was held around two main points of the agenda. This first involved reviewing and approving the second management report of the FSP 2024, and then reviewing and approving the project for the allocation of resources to beneficiaries.
As of June 25, 2024, the Patriotic Support Fund (FSP) has raised 86,203,443,477 CFA francs. This represents 86.20% of the initial annual target of 100 billion CFA francs. Vieux Abdoul Rachid Soulama, Chairman of the Management Board of the Patriotic Support Fund (CGFSP), said that 55,188,741,877 CFA francs were raised in the second quarter. This represents 64.02% of the total collections since January 1, 2024, he added.
Composition of 86 billion CFA francs
Thus, Mr Surama said the total amount recovered as of June 25 was made up of the following: mandatory deductions, private sector salary deductions, public sector salary and bonus deductions, resources collected from mobile phone and television services, voluntary transfers and voluntary contributions.
Collection Points
The value of these components is estimated as follows: 58,191,214,691 CFA francs for compulsory deductions, 1,461,559,118 CFA francs for private sector wages, 12,658,940,518 CFA francs for deductions from public sector wages and bonuses, and 11,350,193,682 CFA francs for telephone and television services.
As for voluntary transfers and voluntary contributions, they amounted to 680,931,962 CFA francs and 1,857,603,595 CFA francs respectively. The total amount raised was used, among other things, to finance the effective management of the social expenditures of the Popular Democratic Party and to strengthen the intervention capacity of the combatant forces.
Hopes of reaching 100 billion CFA francs
“The more than 86 billion CFA francs mobilized show that there is real reason to hope that the set annual recovery target of 100 billion CFA francs can be achieved. The resources mobilized will not only effectively ensure the payment of VDP personnel, but also equip them individually and collectively.” Economy, Finance and Vision. She was delivering the Prime Minister’s Speech.
“We thank once again all the Burkina Faso people for their patriotism and their positive solidarity, which have enabled us to achieve these results”, Fatoumata Bako/Traoré, Minister Delegate in charge of the Budget
She said these “very impressive” results, achieved in a difficult sub-regional and international socio-economic and political context, reflected Burkina Faso’s commitment to the objectives of the FSP.
Expenditure
The expenditures are based on three main points: allocation of resources, releases and execution of expenditures as of June 25, 2024. Thus, according to the report, we record that from January to June 2024, the FSP was managed with an allocation of resources amounting to 113,677,144,221 CFA francs. The total amount released during the same period amounted to 45,875,000,000 CFA francs. “This amount has been provided to the Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland (BVDP) in three rounds, in the amounts of 5.385 billion CFA francs, 18.02 billion CFA francs and 22.47 billion CFA francs,” explained the Chairperson of the CGFSP.
Main achievements and difficulties
Mr Soulama stressed that significant progress has been achieved thanks to all sources of supply of the FSP. Among them, we particularly note the effective management of social spending of the VDP and the strengthening of the intervention capacity of the combatant forces. Achievements also include the establishment of a partnership framework for the implementation of insurance coverage and medical-surgical care of the VDP. In addition, communication operations are continuing.
“Given the significant challenges that remain to be addressed, it is urgent to continue the current dynamics”, Vieux Abdoul Rachid Soulama, Chairperson of the CGFSP (left)
“We have signed a one-year agreement with the BVDP and the Captain Hassan Coulibaly Military Hospital to provide medical-surgical care to the VDP through the provision of medical-surgical operations. These actions specifically involve medical explorations, hospitalization, rehabilitation and recovery, as well as the purchase of medicines and medical consumables,” said Vieux Abdoul Rachid Soulama.
Two main difficulties were noted during the presentation of the FSP report. On the one hand, this concerns the inadequacy of BVDP human resources, especially in the decentralized structure. On the other hand, the difficulty highlighted is the lack of sufficient premises to accommodate the BVDP headquarters at the central and decentralized services.
“I take this opportunity to reiterate the invitation of the head of state to unite the sons and daughters of Burkina Faso and strengthen social cohesion,” said the head of government, Apollinaire Kérémé de Tambela.
Solutions and prospects
In order to address the above difficulties, the report recommends providing human resources to BVDP to improve its efficiency in carrying out its tasks. The report also recommends building emergency infrastructure to provide BVDP services at both central and decentralized levels.
As for the prospects, in particular the implementation of the communication plan for 2024 to monitor the planned strengthening of the actions taken. The monitoring of companies will be strengthened to optimize the collection of resources for the benefit of FSPs. The payment of VDP operating bonuses through mobile money is also envisaged in the future.
As a reminder, the Patriotic Support Fund was created to be the government’s endogenous response to the difficult security, political and socio-economic environment. The aim is to channel donations from Burkina Faso and the diaspora to finance operations to restore territorial integrity. The Fund is managed by the Orientation Committee and the Management Committee.
Also read: Burkina Faso / Patriotic Support Fund: 100 billion CFA francs to be raised by 2024
Hamid Nanema
Lefaso.net
Photo credit: Primature
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