Senegalese MPs reject 2027 Fisheries budget of 33.7 billion CFA francs
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
The Finance Committee of Senegal’s National Assembly, enlarged to include the Rural Development Committee, voted by a majority against the 2027 budget of the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, defended by Minister Amy Mara Dièye. Payment appropriations stand at 33.7 billion CFA francs, against 32.5 billion in 2026. MPs criticised inconsistencies between the initial and amending finance laws, as well as the absence of oversight documents, according to Seneweb.
The Finance Committee of Senegal’s National Assembly, enlarged to include the Rural Development Committee, on Tuesday 10 November rejected by a majority the draft 2027 budget of the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, defended by Minister Amy Mara Dièye. Payment appropriations stand at 33.7 billion CFA francs, against 32.5 billion in 2026, an increase of about 1.16 billion.
MPs raised the depletion of fish stocks and the need to strengthen surveillance of fisheries. They pointed to inconsistencies between the initial finance law and the amending finance law, which was rejected by the Assembly, as well as a lack of clarity in the policy directions. They also deplored the failure to submit the budget settlement law, the reports of the General Inspectorate of Finance and of the firm Forvis Mazars, and the budget execution report.
Allocations for the Ziguinchor port project fall from 2 billion CFA francs in 2026 to 276.2 million in 2027, a reduction of nearly 1.72 billion. MPs also criticised the cut in funding for patrol boats and the insufficient resources of the Dakar-Thiaroye Oceanographic Research Centre, notably for acquiring a research vessel.
This vote is part of a series of rejections: the committee rejected the overall 2027 budget on 7 November, and MPs rejected that of Foreign Affairs on 10 November.
