Council of Ministers of February 22, 2023 The Council of Ministers was held on Wednesday February 22, 2023 at the Palace of the Republic, under the chairmanship of the Head of State, His Excellency, Mr. Macky SALL. At the start of his communication, the President of the Republic sent his warm congratulations to the Caliph General of the Layènes, Serigne Mouhamadou Makhtar LAYE and to the entire Layène community, on the occasion of the celebration on February 21 and 22. 2023 of the 143rd edition of the Appeal of Seydina Limamoulaye. On this Ash Wednesday, the President of the Republic also wished an excellent month of Lent to the Christian community, expressing his solidarity and his best wishes, in this period of penance and religious fervor. Addressing the current Chairmanship of the African Union which began on February 5, 2022, the Head of State recalled the main themes covered during the period, in particular: peace and security; the reform of the Security Council with the granting of a permanent seat to Africa; the reform of global economic and financial governance with advocacy for the admission of Africa as a full member of the G20, with, to date, the support of 10 of the 20 members of the Group, a fair and equitable energy transition which must enable Africa to use its available resources to make its economy competitive and allow universal access to electricity; the climate in a perspective of low-carbon use; the defense of our values ​​of culture and civilization; medical and food sovereignty; the fight against violence against women and girls; advocacy for the financing of infrastructure, an essential condition for African integration. The President of the Republic welcomed the decisions taken at the end of the Summit, which relate to the follow-up of the process of accession of Africa to the G20 entrusted to Senegal and the endorsement of the Conclusions of the 2nd International Conference of Dakar on Agriculture and Food Security (Dakar II), with US$36 billion in pledges and the 2nd NEPAD Conference on Infrastructure Financing with intentions of around US$64 billion . After passing the baton with the new current Chairman of the African Union Azali Assoumani of the Union of the Comoros, the Head of State extended his congratulations to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and to all her teams, at the Diplomatic Office of the President of the Republic, with the skills and goodwill mobilized, for the quality of the work accomplished during Senegal's mandate, the positive results of which were well appreciated by all. Regarding the acceleration of the modernization of cities in Senegal and the strategic control of urban development, the President of the Republic recalled the dynamics of territorialization of public policies that he initiated through the integral communalization, the execution support for social and territorial equity projects, the construction of urban centers (Diamniadio, Lac Rose, Daga Kholpa, etc.), the acceleration of the development of urban master plans with a view to optimal occupation of space, but also the construction of several public infrastructures (roads, motorways, railways, airports, maritime, tourist, schools and universities, etc.). This bold policy strengthens the internal opening up of the national territory, improves the living environment of the populations and enhances the localities. To this end, the Head of State asked the Prime Minister to make an exhaustive inventory of the achievements of the State in each municipality, but also to finalize a consolidated annual action plan of the interventions of the development programs. territorial (PUDC, PUMA, urban and rural PACASEN, PROMOVILLES). The President of the Republic also asked the Minister responsible for Territorial Equity to speed up the execution of PROMOVILLES projects (roads, landscaping and living environment, etc.), particularly in certain departmental capitals (Goudomp, Bounkiling, Sédhiou, Malem Hoddar, ……) and other municipalities to be strengthened in infrastructure. The Head of State also recalled the need to ensure adequate treatment of urban solid waste with the intensification of the deployment of the National Waste Management Company (SONAGED) and the urgency of setting up controlled and standardized public landfills throughout the national territory. In addition, the President of the Republic urged the Prime Minister to carry out a strategic reflection on prospective land governance, taking into account the orientations and prescriptions of the National Land Use and Development Plan (PNADT). Finally, the Head of State invited the Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance and Budget and the sectoral ministers involved, to carry out urgent due diligence to ensure the preventive land tenure security of the sites and rights-of-way of the infrastructure projects of the State plans, in perspective, above all, of the development of Senegal's gas network. On the social climate, the management and monitoring of internal affairs, the President of the Republic insisted on the following subjects: the monitoring of water supply systems in rural areas, asking the Prime Minister and the Minister of Water and Sanitation to put in place a preventive system for improving the supply of drinking water to populations in rural areas and to ensure the systematic monitoring of the operation and management of boreholes, in particular the renewal of networks, the prevention and fault management. The Head of State also asked the Minister of Water and Sanitation to take all appropriate measures to, on the one hand, accelerate social connection programs in priority areas and, on the other hand, proceed to the final settlement of the recurring file of “volunteer” workers in the hydraulics sector. The conditions for payment of retirement pensions and preparation for Labor Day, asking the Minister of Labour, Social Dialogue and Professional Organizations to take all the measures required to improve the conditions for payment of retirement pensions retreats in the services of the IPRES. The President of the Republic has also asked the Prime Minister to hold, as soon as possible, a meeting to assess the state of management, by the Government, of the registers of grievances of the trade union centers submitted during the last celebration of labor day. In his communication, the Prime Minister firstly congratulated, on behalf of the Council, the Head of State for his brilliant chairmanship of the African Union, a period during which the important issues for the future of the Africa and the strengthening of its place in global geopolitics have made exceptional progress, before returning to the monitoring of the coordination of government activity by mentioning the following subjects: its participation in the Assises de l'Entreprise organized by the CNP ; the holding of the preparatory meeting of the territorialized Presidential Council of Sédhiou; the holding of the inter-ministerial meeting on the evaluation of the agricultural marketing campaign; the holding of the meeting on phase 2 of the TER. AS PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MINISTERS the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad made a communication on the 36th Summit of the African Union; the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Equipment and Food Sovereignty made a presentation on the monitoring of the 2022/2023 groundnut marketing campaign and exports of horticultural products. IN RESPECT OF LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY TEXTS The Board examined and adopted: the draft decree setting the rules for the organization and operation of the bodies of the Executive Council for Sustainable Urban Transport (CETUD); the draft decree on the organization of the Ministry of the Public Service and the Transformation of the Public Service; the draft decree creating the special status of the legal affairs civil servants. WITH RESPECT TO INDIVIDUAL MEASURES The President of the Republic has taken the following decisions: Mr. Birame Mbagnick DIAGNE, Principal Foreign Affairs Adviser, previously Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Senegal to the Republic of Mali, is appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Senegal to His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh EL GHAZOUANI, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, with residence in Nouakchott, in replacement of Mr. Moustapha NDOUR, called to other functions; Mr. Jean Antoine DIOUF, Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor, previously Ambassador, Director of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad, is appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Senegal to His Majesty NARUHITO, Emperor of Japan, with residence in Tokyo, replacing Mr. Gorgui CISS, called to other functions; Mr. Malick NDAO, Counselor for Foreign Affairs, previously Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of Senegal in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Senegal to His Excellency Mr. João Manuel Goncalves LORENÇO, President of the Republic of Angola, with residence in Luanda; Mr. Abdou Karim SALL, Telecommunications Engineer, is appointed Director General of the Telecommunications and Posts Regulatory Authority, replacing Mr. Abdoul Ly, called to other functions; Mr. Kalidou Ba, Doctor of Medicine, is appointed Director General of the National Solidarity Fund at the Ministry of Community Development, National Solidarity and Social and Territorial Equity, replacing Mr. Mamadou NDAO, called to other functions; Mr. Jean KONE, Principal Inspector of Taxes and Domains, previously Technical Advisor to the Minister of Finance and Budget, has been appointed Director of Intelligence and Tax Strategies at the General Directorate of Taxes and Domains, replacing Mr. Mouhamed Hady Dieye; Mr. Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba NDAW, Commissioner for Economic Investigations, previously Head of the Thiès Regional Trade Service, has been appointed Director of Internal Trade at the Ministry of Trade, Consumer Affairs and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, replacing Mr. Oumar Diallo, called to other duties; Mr. El Hadji Aliou DIANE, Secondary education teacher, has been appointed Director of the Promotion of Social Housing at the Ministry of Town Planning, Housing and Public Hygiene, replacing Mr. Mamadou Mounirou LY, called to 'other functions ; Mr. Adama FAYE, Fisheries and Aquaculture Engineer, has been appointed Director of Inland Fisheries at the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, vacant post; Mr. Abdoulaye DIOUF, Teacher-researcher in the processing of fish products, has been appointed Director of Fisheries Processing Industries at the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, replacing Mr. Babacar Banda DIOP, called to other functions; Mr. Cheikh Mbacké THIAM, Administrative and Financial Officer, has been appointed Director of General Administration and Equipment at the Ministry of Infrastructure, Land Transport and Opening up, vacant post. Mr. Mbaye DIONE, Civil Administrator, is appointed Secretary General of the University Amadou Mahtar Mbow (UAM), replacing Mr. Abibou NGOM, called to other functions; Mr. Seydina Ababakar MBENGUE, Civil Administrator, previously Head of the Administrative Services of the Training and Research Unit of Agronomic Sciences, Aquaculture and Food Technologies of the Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis, is appointed Secretary General of Alioune DIOP University (UAD), replacing Mr. Papa Makhtar NDIAYE, admitted to assert his rights to a retirement pension; Mr Mor FALL, Civil Administrator, previously Secretary General of the Assane Seck University of Ziguinchor (UASZ), is appointed Secretary General of the Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis, vacant post; Mr. Cheikh NDIAYE, Civil Administrator, is appointed Secretary General of the Assane Seck University of Ziguinchor (UASZ), replacing Mr. Mor FALL, called to other functions; Mr. Hammadou BALDE, Principal Inspector of Labor and Social Security, has been appointed Secretary General of the Cheikh Hamidou KANE Digital University, vacant post. Release date 2023-02