Burkina: The Prime Minister urges the private sector to take the place granted to it

The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Apollinaire Joachimson Kyélèm de Tambaèla urged, on Monday in Bobo-Dioulasso, the actors of the Burkinabe business world to take all the place granted to them in the recovery process. of the national economy.

The head of government was speaking this Monday, July 3, 2023, in Bobo-Dioulasso, at the opening of the work of the 5th edition of the national meeting of the Consultation and Orientation Framework for State/Private Sector Dialogue (CODESP ).

The theme chosen for the meeting is: “The role of land in the promotion of productive investment in Burkina Faso”.

The 2023 edition of the CODESP aims to present the status of implementation of the recommendations and commitments of 2021 and the actions planned for the implementation of the recommendations resulting from the regional and sectoral meetings of 2022.

It will also make it possible to examine the concerns that have not been satisfactorily answered in previous instances, with a view to encouraging, in accordance with the objectives of this consultation framework, policies and reforms capable of establishing a more conducive to private sector development.

At the opening of the works, the Prime Minister (PM), Dr Apollinaire Joachimson Kyélèm de Tambèla, indicated that the government has taken full measure of the many challenges to be met to support the structural transformation of the Burkinabè economy.

Indeed, explained the PM, the Action Plan for Stabilization and Development (PASD), driven by the President of the Transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, grants, in addition to the security issue, a preponderant place to the private sector, rightly considered the main engine of economic growth.

“Thus, major structural and sectoral reforms are underway in a participatory approach in order to build a truly inclusive and prosperous economy through the said Action Plan, particularly in its Pillar 3, namely “refounding the State and improving governance”. , he added.

However, according to Apollinaire Joachimson Kyélèm de Tambèla, it should be noted that the development model which places productive investment at the heart of priorities is confronted with difficulties in mobilizing land, which annihilate the implementation of structuring projects, both public than private.

It is rightly that for him, the theme of this edition of the national meeting of CODESP is very evocative and gives the opportunity to consider the many challenges to be met by our country in land matters.

“This issue can only be dealt with through a strengthened and consolidated public/private dialogue with clearly defined strategic axes in order to find adequate responses,” he insisted.

Moreover, the Head of Government assured that the recommendations that will come out of this edition will be the subject of careful examination and joint evaluation of the implementation, via the CODESP Steering Committee that he presides.

Anything that will, in his opinion, achieve the expected progress.

Moreover, he urged the private sector to take all the place granted to it in the process of reviving our economy.

“The State for its part reiterates its commitment to creating favorable conditions for the emergence of a dynamic and prosperous private sector; pledge of inclusive and sustainable economic development,” promised the Prime Minister.

According to him, holding an event as major as the CODESP National Meeting in a particularly difficult economic, political and social context at the national and international level is a challenge and an act of resilience.

As for Mamady Sanoh, 2 nd Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Burkina Faso (CCI-BF), he welcomed the recent adoption of the law on property development which will, among other things, ensure better management of national land, preserve arable land and promote the promotion of decent housing and the implementation of integrated development projects.

According to national news, he, on behalf of the business community, commended, at its true value, the efforts already undertaken by the President of the Transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, and the entire Government, with a view to restoring our territory.

As a result, he gave them all the support of the private sector in this fight which challenges all social strata, because he is convinced that it is in unity, cohesion and consultation that we will succeed.

Source: Burkina Information Agency