Burkina Faso: Captain Ibrahim Traoré announces the collection of financial contributions
The President of the Burkinabe transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, announced that he had set up a committee to ensure transparency in the collection of financial contributions from all goodwill wishing to participate in the national effort to emerge from the double security and humanitarian crisis that the country has been experiencing since 2015.
“This committee will be responsible for bringing to the attention of national and international opinion, the most urgent needs identified by the various actors responsible for crisis resolution, receiving and registering all donations in all forms in order to make them available to actors according to needs and to keep national and international opinion informed of the donations collected and their use”, indicates a statement signed by the Head of State.
The President of the Transition added that the government provides “benefactors” with various means to channel their contributions.
Financial contributions are admissible by mobile payment and national bank transfer, according to the Head of State, who said that contributions in kind are also admissible by focal points identified for this purpose.A monthly update will be made through the press and a bi-monthly implementation report will be made public, on the state of resources and their use, he assured.
The security situation has been marked by terrorist attacks since 2015 in several regions of Burkina Faso. These attacks have caused many victims and thousands of internally displaced people, while more than 40% of the territory is outside the control of the state, according to official figures.
Also, President Traoré decided to give up his salary as Head of State and keep his salary as captain of the Burkinabe army, in order to “show this spirit of sacrifice that must inhabit each Burkinabe in the current situation of our country,” according to government spokesman Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, who was speaking at the end of the last council of ministers.
The government spokesman also explained that in the same dynamic, the ministers decided to devote 50% of their salaries in November to the National Solidarity Fund for the benefit of people in difficulty, including internally displaced people.
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