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Moussa Baldé refuses hearing on student computer programme

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Moussa Baldé refuses hearing on student computer programme

Moussa Baldé refused to appear on 16 October before the parliamentary inquiry committee investigating the “One student, one computer” programme. His refusal follows that of Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo, while separate hearings have examined Total Return Swap financing, according to reports by Senego and EnQuête+.

Moussa Baldé refused to appear before the parliamentary inquiry committee investigating Senegal’s “One student, one computer” programme, for which he was due to be heard on 16 October, Senego reports.

His failure to appear follows that of Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo, who had also announced that he would not respond to a summons from the committee. Both hearings concern the inquiry into the computer programme for students, separate from those focused on Total Return Swap (TRS) financing. Two officials were heard on 13 and 14 October in that other case, notably on the guarantees, the cost of the transactions and their terms, according to EnQuête+.

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