Senegal President Macky Sall appoints first PM since 2019
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- 20 Sep 2022
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Senegalese President Macky Sall has reinstated the post of prime minister, appointing a former economy minister to the job two months after a tense legislative election in which Sall’s ruling coalition lost its comfortable majority.
Amadou Ba, a 61-year-old taxation specialist who has also served as foreign minister, was named as the West African country’s prime minister, a statement from the presidency said on Saturday.
Ba’s appointment re-establishes the position of prime minister in the West African country following its abolition in April 2019.
In a speech to the nation broadcast on Friday, Sall said the new prime minister would be responsible for addressing the rising cost of living.
“Measures to reduce the cost of living and support employment and entrepreneurship for young people, the fight against floods and costly rents will remain the highest of priorities for me,” Sall said.
Ba echoed these sentiments during his first speech after the president’s secretary-general read out the decree.
“The major priorities that the president has outlined include improving household purchasing power, taming inflation, security, housing, vocational training, employment and entrepreneurship,” Ba said on national television after a meeting with Sall on Saturday. Read More…
