Cameroon opens review of 2025 accounts, deficit at 1.6% of GDP
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actu Cameroun
The Conference of Presidents of Cameroon’s National Assembly declared the 2025 budget settlement bill admissible, opening the review of the state’s accounts by the Finance and Budget Committee. The bill shows a revised budget of 7,735.9 billion CFA francs, revenues of 5,174.8 billion and a deficit of 535.2 billion, or 1.6% of GDP, according to the Assembly.
The Conference of Presidents of Cameroon’s National Assembly declared the budget settlement bill for the 2025 financial year admissible, opening its review by the Finance and Budget Committee. The state’s revised budget stands at 7,735.9 billion CFA francs, with 5,174.8 billion in revenues raised and 5,729.7 billion in expenditure executed, according to data from the budget settlement bill.
The budget deficit reached 535.2 billion CFA francs, or 1.6% of gross domestic product. Cameroon’s Finance Minister, Louis Paul Motaze, is due to defend the bill before the Finance and Budget Committee and explain any discrepancies between the budget forecasts and the 2025 outturn.
MPs will then examine the management of public finances and the implementation of policies in 2025 before the bill goes to a plenary session. The Conference of Presidents met under the chairmanship of Théodore Datouo, president of this body of Cameroon’s National Assembly.
