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More heads roll in Senegal as head of gendarmerie removed

Apr 26, 2024, 11:40 AM

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye during Wednesday’s cabinet meeting decided to remove the head of the Gendarmerie, General Mousa Fall, who has been replaced by General Martin Faye.

President Faye also also replaced several managing directors. Bara DIOUF, who is an Administrative and Financial Manager, has been appointed General Delegate for the Promotion of Urban Poles of Diamniadio and Lac Rose. Mr Diouf replaces Diène Farba SARR.

Bacary Sega BATHILY, Specialist in Management of projects, has been appointed Director General of the Agency for the Promotion of Investments and Major Works (APIX SA), replacing Abdoulaye BALDE.

Pape Alé NIANG, a journalist, has been appointed Director General of Radiotélévision Sénégalaise (RTS), replacing TALLA Racine.

Waly DIOUF BODIANG, Principal Inspector of Taxes and Domaines, has been appointed Director General of the National Port Company Autonomous City of Dakar, replacing Mountaga SY.

Cheikh Mamadou Abiboulaye DIEYE, an engineer at Engineering and Public Works, has been appointed Director General of the International Airport Blaise DIAGNE (AIBD SA), replacing Abdoulaye DIEYE.

Fadilou KEITA, manager in Financial Management, has been appointed Director General of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, in replacement of Cheikh Issa SALL.

Maguette KANE, Postal and Financial Services Inspector, has been appointed managing director of Société nationale La Poste. He replaced Mohamadou DIAITE.

Bassirou KEBE, Specialist in Project Management, has been appointed Director General of the National Society of Rental Housing Moderate (SN HLM), replacing Mamadou Diagne SY MBENGUE.

Mouhamadou Moctar MAGASSOUBA, Specialist in corporate finance, has been appointed managing director of the Company Cape Verde Real Estate (SICAP SA), replacing Mamadou KASSE.

Serigne Mamadou MBOUP, Specialist in Management and Tourism and Hotel Strategy, has been appointed Director General of the Company for the Development and Promotion of Coasts and Tourist Areas of Senegal (SAPCO SA) replacing Souleymane NDIAYE.

Marie Rose FAYE, expert in Management and Management of Human Resources, has been appointed Director General of the Agency Development and Supervision of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (ADEPME), replacing Idrissa DIABIRA.

Yaye Khadidiatou Djamila DIALLO, Specialist in Civil Law Affairs has been appointed Director General of the National Agency for Small Childhood and the Toddlers’ Case, replacing Madame Maïmouna CISSOKHO.

Tidiane SIDIBE, expert in project management and territorial development, has been appointed Director General of the Agency National Territorial Planning Agency (ANAT), replacing Mamadou DJIGO.

Sékouna DIATTA, lecturer in Ecology, has been appointed Director General of the Senegalese Agency for Reforestation and the Great Green Wall, replacing Oumar Abdoulaye BA. Doctor Cheikh DIENG, Environmental Expert, has been appointed Director General of the National Sanitation Office of Senegal (ONAS) in replacement of Mamadou Mamour DIALLO.

Magatte DIAKHATE, Inspector of Taxes and Lands, has been appointed Director of Legislation and International Cooperation, replacing Mouhamadou Lamine SY.

Abdou GNING, Inspector of Taxes and Domains, has been appointed Director of Estates, replacing Mamadou GUEYE.

Meanwhile, the case of the complaint by the Director General of Taxes and Domains for tax fraud and embezzlement of public funds is experiencing a new twist.

The former general director of the FS Oil Company, Daouda Gaye, and Mamadou Bâ, manager of FS Oil, were arrested before being placed at the disposal of the public prosecutor.

Sekou Fofana, who took over DG-OIL, is on the run in Guinea. An international arrest warrant will be issued against him for his repatriation to Senegal, reported Le Témoin.

The Fs Oil company specialising in the sale of fuel owes around one billion FCFA in tax debt to the Public Treasury. To recover the sum, Abdoulaye Diagne, CEO of the General Directorate of Taxes and Domains (DGID), filed a complaint against the former and current CEO.

The company managed in turn by Daouda Gaye and Sékou Fofana, did not release 412,264,516 FCFA representing taxes, duties and charges to be paid to the Public Treasury. Daouda Gaye and Sékou Fofana are accused of having emptied the company's accounts.

Worse, they allowed themselves to issue bad cheques for the DGID. Daouda Gaye, who managed the company from 2019 to 2020, has declared that he left a tax debt of 51 million FCfa upon his departure. He revealed that it was under the leadership of Sékou Fofana that tax arrears accumulated up to 412,264,516 FCfa.

Mamadou Bâ, CEO of the company Fs Oil, who had a deadline of 10 days to settle the tax debt of 513,427,617 CFA francs, did not respect his commitments. Bâ, who specialises in the marketing of fuel, also used the same method as his predecessors, emptying the company's accounts and issuing bad cheques.