Guinea’s ARPT owes Treasury 108 billion GNF
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Guinee360
Guinea’s Regulatory Authority for Posts and Telecommunications still owes the Public Treasury 108 billion Guinean francs for 2025, according to MP Mohamed Nabé. The ARPT has already paid 150 billion of the 175 billion expected for 2026, but MPs are demanding payment of the arrears, reports Guinee360.
Guinea’s Regulatory Authority for Posts and Telecommunications (ARPT) has begun paying the Public Treasury 108 billion Guinean francs (GNF) in fees owed for 2025, MP Mohamed Nabé, chairman of the National Assembly’s Mines and Industries Committee, said on Wednesday 4 November on the Guinée Today programme on Télé 24. The amount of this first payment was not disclosed, and it was not established whether it was partial or full.
MPs had asked the government to secure payment of this debt during the examination of revenue under the 2026 supplementary finance bill. According to figures presented to the National Assembly, the ARPT has already paid 150 billion GNF out of the 175 billion expected for 2026, representing an implementation rate of 85.7%. The 10 billion paid by the authority in 2025 corresponded to an outstanding balance from the debt accumulated in 2024, not to fees owed for the 2025 financial year.
Mohamed Nabé said the ARPT had responded « following the National Assembly’s strong recommendation » and the intervention of its chairman. The announcement comes after the publication of a report that Guinea had recovered only 17% of its confirmed tax receivables, followed by an upward revision of its budget revenue for 2026.
