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Cameroon fuel subsidy reaches CFA 57 billion in September

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Cameroon fuel subsidy reaches CFA 57 billion in September

Subsidies for pump fuel prices cost the Cameroonian state CFA 57 billion in September 2026, according to Finance Minister Louis Paul Motaze. He estimates the monthly average at CFA 48 billion and does not rule out future price increases if the burden becomes unsustainable, Investir au Cameroun reports.

The subsidy on pump fuel prices cost the Cameroonian state CFA 57 billion in September 2026, Finance Minister Louis Paul Motaze told Investir au Cameroun. He specified that the amount was for a single month.

Louis Paul Motaze also put the average monthly subsidy at about CFA 48 billion. The minister was speaking on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Bangkok, according to Investir au Cameroun.

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