Senegal’s Mbour hospital project suspended over budget rejection
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
Senegal’s Industry and Trade Minister Serigne Guèye Diop warns that the 92 billion CFA franc Mbour hospital project will be automatically suspended following Parliament’s rejection of finance bills. He announced an awareness meeting on Saturday 14 November with representatives of the 16 communes, according to Seneweb.
The new hospital project in Mbour, Senegal, estimated at 92 billion CFA francs, risks being automatically suspended after the National Assembly rejected the budget texts, according to Industry and Trade Minister Serigne Guèye Diop. Studies, exploratory work and procurement procedures were notably due to be launched under the provisions of the supplementary finance law.
Five hospital projects are among the operations affected by the budget forecasts, according to Serigne Guèye Diop. The minister also believes the deadlock could affect industrial investment, the budgets of local authorities and municipal programmes.
Serigne Guèye Diop announced an awareness meeting on Saturday 14 November with representatives of Mbour’s 16 communes. He also indicated that the President of the Republic could use his “constitutional levers” to resolve the budget deadlock.
The hospital project is part of an institutional dispute marked by the National Assembly’s rejection of the 2026 supplementary budget on 3 November. Rejection of the supplementary budget had already led the mayor of Mbour to warn about projects at risk in the department.
