President Bassirou Diomaye Faye pressures five ministers over cost of living and housing in Senegal

The President emphasized that the time for observations was over and called for the rigorous application of existing laws. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce, led by Serigne Guèye Diop, was specifically tasked with enforcing price laws and consumer protection measures, including strengthening price controls and combating abusive commercial practices. The Ministry of Urban Planning, Local Authorities, and Spatial Planning, headed by Moussa Bala Fofana, was instructed to effectively deploy regulatory and coercive measures to address excessive rents, particularly in Dakar.

The President also implicitly involved the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Livestock, linking food price control to the national food sovereignty policy. Finally, Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô and the Minister of Economy, Finance, and Planning, Cheikh Diba, were tasked with balancing public finance consolidation and investment recovery with immediate improvements in purchasing power. President Faye stressed the urgency of accelerating essential sector recovery measures in collaboration with the private sector, ensuring that budgetary rigor does not negatively impact vulnerable households.

The presidential communication highlighted a focus on enforcing existing regulations rather