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Dakar, (APS) – The Minister of the Economy, Finance and Planning, Amadou Bâ, promised Thursday to bring "an appropriate solution" to the "nagging question" of the financing of the territorial collectivities, to the help with taxes and "financial transfer mechanisms"
He made this promise at a meeting of mayors and presidents of county councils with officials of the Directorate General of Compatibility and Treasury, placed under the tutelage of his ministry
Mbaye Dione, the mayor of Ngoundiane, in the region of Thiès (west), proposed to the Minister of the Economy to put in time the endowment funds of local authorities at the disposal of the councils and councils, and to pay them the "fund of competition" of 40 billion CFA francs agreed by the State and the beneficiaries since last April.
These measures will allow the collectivities it is difficult for local governments to function properly and pay the salaries of their employees on time, according to Mr. Dione.
Town halls face the difficulties of collecting taxes and delays in collecting the funds allocated to them. he added.
The State must, under the reform of the territorial collectivities, endow these entities of financial and fiscal resources necessary for an "optimal management" of the local development, according to Amadou Bâ.
It has promised, with the collaboration of the Ministry of Local Governance, the supervision of town halls and county councils, to set up "financial transfer mechanisms", to help them financially.
Amadou Bâ also said he count on taxation for to find funds intended for the local authorities.
Concerning the local taxation, a reform of the patent is planned to modify certain provisions General Tax Code, with a view to a "more balanced allocation of resources to local authorities", according to Mr Bâ.
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