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Senegal: 8.8 billion CFA francs to provide housing allowance to 7,365 health workers

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Extending the housing allowance to 7,365 contract health workers would cost 8.8 billion CFA francs, Senegalese Health Minister Ibrahima Sy said. The Directorate General of the Budget is examining how to fund it in the 2026 and 2027 finance laws, while 80% of planned new hires in 2026 are expected to be medical staff, according to the minister.

Senegal’s Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Ibrahima Sy, estimated the cost of extending the housing allowance to 7,365 contract workers in his ministry and public health establishments at 8.8 billion CFA francs. He described the measure as the main outstanding financial issue in the sector’s social negotiations, speaking at a government press conference on Monday, according to the Senegalese Press Agency (APS).

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