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Parliamentary committees meeting on Friday, 13 November 2026, rejected the 2027 draft budget of Senegal’s Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Affairs, presented by Minister Samba Diouf. MPs questioned the sincerity and consistency of its forecasts.
The Finance and Budget Control Committee of Senegal’s National Assembly reviewed the 2027 draft budget of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Affairs on Friday, 13 November 2026. It sat jointly with the Culture and Communication Committee and the Economic Affairs Committee. After the debate and the vote, MPs did not approve the draft presented by Minister Samba Diouf.
Key points
- The amount: CFA 64,974,224,327 in payment appropriations and CFA 69,169,224,327 in commitment authorisations.
- The trend: on a like-for-like basis, payment appropriations are down 3.8% on 2026.
- The decision: the draft was not approved in committee.
- The unknown: the next steps for this budget have not been specified.
Forecasts judged inconsistent
During the debate, MPs pointed to inconsistencies in the ministry’s budget forecasts and questioned their sincerity and transparency. They also expressed reservations about whether the proposed allocations match the ministry’s stated ambitions for the digital sector.
A tense budget review
The vote comes amid a tense review of the 2027 finance bill. On 3 November, the National Assembly rejected the 2026 supplementary finance bill. According to Seneweb, the Finance Committee then voted on 7 November against several parts of the bill, including revenue, public debt and the budgets of several institutions. MPs cited the lack of documents they considered essential, including the 2025 budget settlement act. According to Xalima, other ministries met the same fate in committee on 11 and 12 November, among them National Education, Energy and Petroleum, and Agriculture.
A committee rejection is not final: the bill must still go through the rest of the parliamentary procedure. The Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Affairs had not responded publicly at the time of writing.
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