31 December 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My dear compatriots, here and in the diaspora,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2012, I have observed the tradition of delivering a message to the nation to extend my wishes for the New Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tonight, I also bid you farewell, as this is the last New Year’s address I will deliver to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In communion with you, my thoughts first go to those we have lost. I pray for their peaceful rest, and wish a swift recovery to the sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This year, our country has experienced severe violence, resulting in deaths and injuries, as well as the destruction of public and private property, including places of worship, consulates, embassies, schools, and universities. We also endured a cyberattack targeting strategic state sites and essential services such as water and electricity, along with a deadly Molotov cocktail attack on a bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the State remained strong, justice is ongoing, and we are continuing our path toward national construction and economic and social development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I take this opportunity to acknowledge the valuable contributions made by my distinguished predecessors, Presidents L\u00e9opold Sedar Senghor, Abdou Diouf, and Abdoulaye Wade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Building upon their legacy, I have undertaken with you the structural transformation of our country to accelerate our journey towards an emerging Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our progress is real and visible throughout the country. The facts and figures speak for themselves. The government will soon publish a report on our achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, our growth rate, which was consistently above 6% before the COVID-19 pandemic, is projected at 9.2%, thanks to the upcoming exploitation of our gas and oil resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our national budget has increased from 2,344 billion CFA francs in 2012 to 7,003 billion for 2024, enabling us to invest in all productive sectors, gradually shaping the face of an emerging Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are on the path to emergence with the expansion of our road and highway infrastructure and the modernization of our urban and interurban transport systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2012, our road network was 1,500 km, compared to 2,900 km in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 32 km of highways, we now have 189, and soon we will reach 500 km upon completion of the Mbour-Fatick-Kaolack and Dakar-Tivaouane-Saint-Louis projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second phase of the Regional Express Train (TER), Diamniadio to Blaise Diagne International Airport, will be completed in a few months, and an additional seven new trains will join the current fleet of 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system will be inaugurated on January 14, with a fleet of 121 electric, solar-powered, air-conditioned buses with onboard WiFi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eventually, at least 35% of BRT staff will be women, including female drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dakar Dem Dikk has also been renewed, with 370 new-generation buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emerging Senegal also means the upcoming launch of our country’s first satellite, designed and built by our own engineers, as well as the rehabilitation of our regional airports in Cap Skirring, Kaolack, K\u00e9dougou, S\u00e9dhiou, Tambacounda, and Saint-Louis. The construction work on the Kolda, Lingu\u00e8re, Ourossogui-Matam, and Ziguinchor airports will be completed in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emerging Senegal includes our industrial parks and special economic zones, as well as our new sports infrastructure: the Dakar Arena, the National Wrestling Arena, the President Abdoulaye Wade Stadium, and the ongoing projects for the 2026 Youth Olympic Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emerging Senegal means our new turnkey hospitals in Touba, Kaffrine, S\u00e9dhiou, K\u00e9dougou, and Agnam, along with ongoing projects in Ourossogui, Saint-Louis, Tivaouane, and Dakar, including the Polyclinic at the Principal Hospital and the new Aristide Le Dantec Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It also includes the remarkable performances of our medical professionals, who this year successfully performed, for the first time, a separation of conjoined twins, kidney transplants, and endovascular treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emerging Senegal means our new clean energy power plants, such as those in Bokhole, Malicounda, Ta\u00efba Ndiaye, M\u00e9ouane, M\u00e9rina Dakhar, and Kahone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2012, we had only 500 MW of power and a dilapidated network of 501 km of power lines, leading to long and frequent blackouts that sometimes caused riots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, we have more than tripled our power capacity to 1,787 MW and expanded the power line network to 1,552 km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many of our localities that were once in darkness are now illuminated, with rural electrification rates rising from 27% in 2012 to 61% in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the upcoming exploitation of our gas and oil resources, we will achieve universal access to electricity by 2025, with more affordable costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the vital water sector, we have multiplied the number of boreholes in rural areas with the first phase of the Emergency Community Development Program (PUDC) and built a third water plant in Keur Momar Sarr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our access to drinking water has risen to 98% in urban and peri-urban areas and 96% in rural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Universal access is now within reach, with two seawater desalination projects: one under construction at Mamelles in Ouakam and another in the technical and financial planning stage, along with the second phase of the PUDC boreholes, set to begin in early 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our efforts have also focused on the three pillars of our food sovereignty strategy: agriculture, fisheries, and livestock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These three sectors continue to receive massive funding for infrastructure, equipment, inputs, product processing, life jackets, boats, and motors, as well as for fodder crops and the genetic improvement of plant and animal species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The same goes for culture and crafts, where the talent and creative genius of our people shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the Urban Cultures and Creative Industries Development Fund and the Film and Audiovisual Industry Promotion Fund, we support our artists and cultural professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, I will soon launch the construction of the Gor\u00e9e Memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To support our artisans, we have created new craft villages in Bambey, Fatick, Kaffrine, K\u00e9b\u00e9mer, Lingu\u00e8re, and Tivaouane, with construction nearing completion in K\u00e9dougou, Matam, and V\u00e9lingara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is also the Automotive Professionals and Mechanics Zone, with 488 workshops established over 60 hectares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our mechanics and other automotive professionals now have a modern, organized workspace that generates more than 5,000 jobs, a model that could be replicated in other regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My dear compatriots,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In our quest for better living conditions, I have always kept in mind the need for territorial equity and social justice, so that no one is left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All our regions are equally dignified, and each of us deserves a decent life. This is the Senegal of all, the Senegal for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I think of the Senegal that wakes up early, works hard, and goes to bed late. I think of the Senegal of hardworking hands, those who live by the sweat of their brow. I think of the Senegal of low incomes and struggling families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That is why I have implemented instruments of territorial equity and social inclusion, such as the Emergency Community Development Program, the Border Axes and Territories Modernization Program, the Cities Modernization Program, the X\u00cbYU NDAW \u00d1I Program, the Delegation for Rapid Entrepreneurship of Women and Youth, the 3 FPT, the Community Agricultural Domains, Universal Health Coverage, and Family Security Scholarships, whose allocation has increased from 25,000 to 35,000 CFA francs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am pleased to announce that I have renewed the X\u00cbYU NDAW \u00d1I Program for three more years, providing 82,000 jobs for youth, with a budget of 450 billion CFA francs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to these active instruments throughout the country, we have improved the living environment in our cities, built and renovated places of worship, created jobs, and other income-generating activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have financed thousands of young people and women with projects, including 250,000 beneficiaries of loans from the DER\/FJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have enabled millions of beneficiaries to access basic social services, including health coverage, which has increased from 20% in 2013 to 53.2% in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Thi\u00e9y\u00e8ne to Bagaya, from Fissel to Sar\u00e9 Liou, from Diallocounda to Waalidiala, and hundreds of other localities, we have opened up previously isolated areas, provided water and electricity, equipped health facilities, and provided equipment to ease the work of women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, the State continues to support households and workers. In addition to the general increase in public service salaries, we subsidize the prices of essential goods, transportation, water, and energy, with the energy subsidy alone amounting to more than 600 billion CFA francs this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My dear compatriots,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As science and technology shape the new frontiers between nations, education and training, which occupy the largest share of our national budget, remain a high priority for public policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From primary to secondary school, we have significantly expanded the school network, recruited 40,000 teachers, and raised salaries to an unprecedented level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In line with the conclusions of the National Day on December 16, the State continues to support the Daara educational community, whose centuries-old contribution to the spiritual education of our people is invaluable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, in the age of advanced technologies, of which artificial intelligence is the latest manifestation, we must improve the performance of our educational system and adapt it to the realities of our time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We need to train more human resources in sciences, techniques, and vocational skills. This is the purpose behind creating excellence high schools, preparatory classes for grandes \u00e9coles, higher institutes of professional education, and technical and vocational training centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is also one of the missions of the 3FPT, which financed the training of 400,000 young people and women in various fields between 2016 and 2023: construction trades, electromechanics, transportation, fiber optics, and agri-food, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our efforts in higher education remain constant as well. From independence until 2012, our country had only two universities: Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar and Gaston Berger in Saint-Louis, alongside three regional university centers (CUR) in Bambey, Thi\u00e8s, and Ziguinchor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the past decade, we have transformed the regional university centers into universities housed in their own facilities and built three new universities: Amadou Makhtar Mbow, El Hadj Ibrahima Niasse in Sine Saloum, and Cheikh Hamidou Kane Digital University, not to mention the Franco-Senegalese Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I would also like to remind you that the construction of the Souleymane Niang University in Matam and the Eastern Senegal University will commence in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, we have heavily invested in educational equipment, the recruitment of teachers, the enhancement of salaries and benefits for all staff categories, as well as the construction of student housing and dining facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each year, the State allocates over 82 billion CFA francs in scholarships and aid to students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For all these efforts, among many others benefiting our educational system, our children deserve more stable and productive academic years. It is crucial for their future and that of the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This future will be built with all our youth by providing them with more training opportunities adapted to the job market, along with more job opportunities and other income-generating activities. This is one of our challenges for the present and the coming decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The future of our youth is realized here, at home, not in the tragic mirages of clandestine immigration networks that deceive our young people and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This evening, my dear compatriots, I also want to insist solemnly on the importance of preserving the peace, security, and stability of our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Peace is returning to Casamance, as illustrated by the arms destruction ceremony held on December 23 in Mamatoro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the general calm and ongoing reconstruction efforts, all those willing to lay down their arms have their place within the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I take this opportunity to salute and thank our defense and security forces, all components combined, for their professional and patriotic commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the rise of threats, we have significantly strengthened their personnel and operational means, in addition to improving the conditions of soldiers, including pensions for war wounded and maimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a world of conflicts and violence in all forms, the times are troubled and uncertain. We must constantly remind ourselves that nothing is definitively acquired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everything can change when peace is broken, when extremism, populism, and manipulation take hold of minds, trivialize violence, and impose falsehood in place of truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Extremism, manipulation, and populism are the deadly enemies of democracy, the State, the Republic, and the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That is why I urgently call for the preservation of our togetherness, so that our country remains a united nation in its diversity, in peace, security, stability, and the protection of our spiritual and sociocultural heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, my dear compatriots, I want to thank you and express my gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I sought your votes in February 2012, I held no elected mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Twice, with a comfortable majority, you entrusted me with your confidence. It is the highest honor in a democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have always considered this honor not as a source of privilege, but as an eminent responsibility and a sacred duty to serve you, to work day and night to earn your trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every human endeavor is imperfect. But regardless of the evaluation criteria, Senegal in 2023 is incomparable to Senegal in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am proud to have realized with you this chapter of our history; a legacy that will testify for us tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In reaching out to you, I have learned to know and love our country better, with an unconditional and inexhaustible love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That is why I will ensure that the presidential election on February 25, 2024, takes place, like the previous ones, peacefully and under the best organizational conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I invite all candidates to work in the same spirit. Together, let us go to the polls calmly, serenely, and with sportsmanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And on April 2, 2024, God willing, I will hand over power to my successor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I will then remain available and willing, for I have Senegal embedded in my being; Senegal is in my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My heart will always beat for our country, because what binds us\u2014our shared history and common destiny\u2014transcends my official functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, after the power transfer, I will establish a foundation dedicated to peace, dialogue, and development to continue investing in causes dear to me: the peaceful coexistence of peoples, intercultural dialogue, sustainable and inclusive development, climate justice, health financing, particularly maternal and child health, youth support, infrastructure development in Africa, and reform of global governance, which successfully mobilized our diplomacy during my term as head of the African Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Until then, my dear compatriots, let us continue our common march, hand in hand, for a united and prosperous Senegal, in peace, security, and stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I thank you from the bottom of my heart for honoring me with your trust to serve our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I renew my deep feelings of affection to you all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To everyone, I extend my heartfelt wishes for peace, good health, well-being, and success. May God watch over our dear Senegal. Good evening, and d\u00e9wen\u00e9ti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 31 d\u00e9cembre 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mes chers compatriotes d\u2019ici et de la diaspora, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Depuis 2012, je sacrifie devant vous au rituel du message \u00e0 la nation pour vous pr\u00e9senter mes v\u0153ux \u00e0 l\u2019occasion du nouvel an. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ce soir, je vous ferai en m\u00eame temps mes adieux, puisque c\u2019est le dernier message solennel de fin d\u2019ann\u00e9e que je vous adresse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En communion avec vous, mes pens\u00e9es vont d\u2019abord vers nos regrett\u00e9s disparus. Je prie pour qu\u2019ils reposent en paix, et souhaite prompt r\u00e9tablissement \u00e0 nos malades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cette ann\u00e9e, notre pays a connu de graves violences, ayant caus\u00e9 des morts et des bless\u00e9s, la destruction de biens publics et priv\u00e9s, dont des lieux de culte, des consulats et ambassades, des \u00e9tablissements scolaires et universitaires ; en plus d\u2019une cyber attaque contre des sites strat\u00e9giques de l\u2019Etat et de services vitaux, tels que l\u2019eau et l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9, et un attentat mortel au cocktail Molotov contre un bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mais l\u2019Etat a tenu bon, la justice suit son cours et nous gardons le cap dans l\u2019\u0153uvre de construction nationale et de d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique et social. <\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u2019est l\u2019occasion pour moi de saluer la contribution pr\u00e9cieuse que mes illustres pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseurs, les Pr\u00e9sidents L\u00e9opold Sedar Senghor, Abdou Diouf et Abdoulaye Wade, <\/strong>y ont apport\u00e9e. <\/p>\n\n\n\n B\u00e2tissant sur leur legs, j\u2019ai engag\u00e9 avec vous la transformation structurelle de notre pays pour acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer notre marche vers le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal \u00e9mergent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nos progr\u00e8s sont r\u00e9els et visibles \u00e0 travers tout le pays. Les faits et chiffres parlent d\u2019eux-m\u00eames. Le gouvernement publiera prochainement le bilan de nos r\u00e9alisations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A titre illustratif, notre taux de croissance qui \u00e9tait r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement au-dessus de 6%<\/strong> avant la pand\u00e9mie de COVID-19, est projet\u00e9 \u00e0 9,2%<\/strong> avec l\u2019exploitation prochaine de nos ressources gazi\u00e8res et p\u00e9troli\u00e8res.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notre budget national est pass\u00e9 de 2344 milliards<\/strong> de fcfa en 2012, \u00e0 7003<\/strong> milliards pour 2024 ; ce qui nous a permis d\u2019investir dans tous les secteurs productifs pour dessiner progressivement le visage du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal \u00e9mergent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous sommes sur le chemin de l\u2019\u00e9mergence <\/strong>avec la densification de nos infrastructures routi\u00e8res et autorouti\u00e8res, et la modernisation de notre syst\u00e8me de transport urbain et interurbain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En 2012, notre lin\u00e9aire routier \u00e9tait de 1500 km <\/strong>contre 2900 <\/strong>en 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n De 32 km<\/strong> d\u2019autoroutes, nous en sommes \u00e0 189<\/strong>, et bient\u00f4t 500 Km<\/strong>, \u00e0 la fin des chantiers Mbour-Fatick-Kaolack<\/strong>, et Dakar-Tivaouane-Saint-Louis.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n La 2e<\/sup> phase du TER<\/strong>, Diamniadio-A\u00e9roport international Blaise Diagne s\u2019ach\u00e8ve dans quelques mois, et une commande de 7 <\/strong>nouveaux trains s\u2019ajoutera aux 15<\/strong> actuels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le BRT<\/strong> sera inaugur\u00e9 ce 14 janvier, avec une flotte de 121 bus<\/strong> \u00e9lectriques, aliment\u00e9s par voie solaire, et climatis\u00e9s, avec Wifi \u00e0 bord. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A terme, le personnel du BRT sera compos\u00e9 d\u2019au moins 35%<\/strong> de femmes, dont des conductrices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dakar Dem Dikk<\/strong> a fait peau neuve, avec 370 <\/strong>bus de derni\u00e8re g\u00e9n\u00e9ration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal \u00e9mergent, <\/strong>c\u2019est le lancement prochain du premier satellite de notre pays, con\u00e7u et r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par nos propres ing\u00e9nieurs ; ce sont nos a\u00e9roports r\u00e9gionaux r\u00e9habilit\u00e9s, au Cap Skirring, <\/strong>\u00e0 Kaolack, K\u00e9dougou, S\u00e9dhiou, Tambacounda,<\/strong> Saint-Louis,<\/strong> en attendant la livraison en 2024 des chantiers de Kolda,<\/strong> Lingu\u00e8re,<\/strong> Ourossogui-Matam <\/strong>et Ziguinchor. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal \u00e9mergent, <\/strong>ce sont <\/strong>nos parcs industriels et nos zones \u00e9conomiques sp\u00e9ciales ; nos nouvelles infrastructures sportives : le Dakar Arena, l\u2019Ar\u00e8ne nationale de lutte, le Stade Pr\u00e9sident Abdoulaye Wade et les chantiers des Jeux Olympiques de la Jeunesse de 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal \u00e9mergent, <\/strong>ce sont nos <\/strong>h\u00f4pitaux clefs en main \u00e0 Touba, Kaffrine, S\u00e9dhiou, K\u00e9dougou, Agnam<\/strong> et tous les chantiers en cours \u00e0 Ourossogui, Saint-Louis, Tivaouane <\/strong>et Dakar, notamment la Polyclinique de l\u2019h\u00f4pital Principal et le nouvel h\u00f4pital<\/strong> Aristide Le Dantec<\/strong> ; ce sont les performances remarquables de notre corps m\u00e9dical, qui a r\u00e9alis\u00e9, pour la premi\u00e8re fois cette ann\u00e9e, une s\u00e9paration de b\u00e9b\u00e9s siamois, des transplantations r\u00e9nales et un traitement endovasculaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal \u00e9mergent<\/strong>, ce sont nos nouvelles centrales \u00e9lectriques \u00e0 \u00e9nergie propre, entre autres \u00e0 Bokhole, Malicounda<\/strong>, Ta\u00efba Ndiaye<\/strong>, M\u00e9ouane<\/strong>, M\u00e9rina Dakhar et Kahone<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Avec seulement 500 MW <\/strong>et un r\u00e9seau v\u00e9tuste de 501 km<\/strong> de lignes \u00e9lectriques, les coupures d\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 \u00e9taient longues et fr\u00e9quentes avant 2012, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 occasionner des \u00e9meutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Aujourd\u2019hui, nous avons plus que tripl\u00e9 nos capacit\u00e9s \u00e9lectriques, avec 1787 MW<\/strong>, et un r\u00e9seau de lignes port\u00e9 \u00e0 1552 km<\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nombre de nos localit\u00e9s qui vivaient dans l\u2019obscurit\u00e9 sont maintenant \u00e9clair\u00e9es ; le taux d\u2019\u00e9lectrification rurale \u00e9tant pass\u00e9 de 27%<\/strong> en 2012 \u00e0 61%<\/strong> en 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Avec l\u2019exploitation prochaine de nos ressources gazi\u00e8res et p\u00e9troli\u00e8res, nous r\u00e9aliserons \u00e0 l\u2019horizon 2025 l\u2019acc\u00e8s universel \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 \u00e0 des co\u00fbts plus abordables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dans le secteur vital de l\u2019eau, nous avons multipli\u00e9 les forages en milieu rural avec la premi\u00e8re phase du PUDC, et construit une 3e<\/sup> usine \u00e0 Keur Momar Sarr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notre taux d\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019eau potable est pass\u00e9 \u00e0 98%<\/strong> en milieu urbain et p\u00e9riurbain et \u00e0 96%<\/strong> en milieu rural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019acc\u00e8s universel est d\u00e9sormais \u00e0 notre port\u00e9e, avec deux projets de dessalement d\u2019eau de mer : un en construction aux Mamelles de Ouakam, et un autre en cours de montage technique et financier, plus la 2e<\/sup> phase des forages du PUDC qui va d\u00e9marrer en d\u00e9but 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nos efforts ont \u00e9galement port\u00e9 sur les trois piliers de notre strat\u00e9gie de souverainet\u00e9 alimentaire : l\u2019agriculture,<\/strong> dont le budget a plus que doubl\u00e9 entre 2012 et 2023, la p\u00eache <\/strong>et l\u2019\u00e9levage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ces trois secteurs continuent de b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier de financements massifs, pour les infrastructures et \u00e9quipements, les intrants, la transformation des produits, les gilets, pirogues et moteurs, les cultures fourrag\u00e8res et l\u2019am\u00e9lioration g\u00e9n\u00e9tique des esp\u00e8ces v\u00e9g\u00e9tales et animales. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Il en est de m\u00eame pour la culture et l\u2019artisanat, o\u00f9 s\u2019expriment le talent et le g\u00e9nie cr\u00e9ateur de notre peuple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Avec le Fonds de D\u00e9veloppement des Cultures Urbaines et des Industries cr\u00e9atives, et le Fonds de Promotion de l’Industrie Cin\u00e9matographique et Audiovisuelle, nous soutenons nos artistes, hommes et femmes de culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n En outre, je lancerai prochainement le chantier du M\u00e9morial de Gor\u00e9e. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Et en faveur de nos artisans, nous avons cr\u00e9\u00e9 de nouveaux villages artisanaux \u00e0 Bambey, Fatick, Kaffrine, K\u00e9b\u00e9mer, Lingu\u00e8re et Tivaouane <\/strong>; les chantiers de K\u00e9dougou, Matam<\/strong> et V\u00e9lingara<\/strong> \u00e9tant en cours de finition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u2019y ajoute la Zone d\u2019activit\u00e9s des m\u00e9caniciens et professionnels de l\u2019automobile<\/strong>, avec 488<\/strong> ateliers \u00e9tablis sur 60 hectares. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nos m\u00e9caniciens et autres professionnels de l\u2019automobile y trouvent un cadre de travail moderne et organis\u00e9, g\u00e9n\u00e9rant plus de 5000 <\/strong>emplois, qui pourrait \u00eatre dupliqu\u00e9 dans les autres r\u00e9gions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mes chers compatriotes, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dans notre qu\u00eate du mieux-\u00eatre, <\/strong>j\u2019ai constamment \u00e0 l\u2019esprit le souci d\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9 territoriale et de justice sociale, pour que personne ne soit laiss\u00e9 en rade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tous nos terroirs sont d\u2019\u00e9gale dignit\u00e9 ; et chacun de nous m\u00e9rite une vie d\u00e9cente. C\u2019est cela le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal de tous, le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal pour tous. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Je pense au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal qui se r\u00e9veille t\u00f4t, travaille dur et se couche tard. Je pense au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal des mains laborieuses, qui vit \u00e0 la sueur de son front. Je pense au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal des petits revenus et des familles d\u00e9munies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Voil\u00e0 pourquoi j\u2019ai mis en place des instruments d\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9 territoriale et d\u2019inclusion sociale comme le Programme d\u2019urgence de d\u00e9veloppement communautaire, le Programme de modernisation des axes et territoires frontaliers, le Programme de modernisation des villes, le Programme X\u00cbYU NDAW \u00d1I, la D\u00e9l\u00e9gation \u00e0 l\u2019entreprenariat rapide des femmes et des jeunes, le 3 FPT, les Domaines agricoles communautaires, la Couverture sanitaire universelle et les Bourses de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 familiale, dont l\u2019allocation est pass\u00e9e de 25 000<\/strong> \u00e0 35 000<\/strong> fcfa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je suis heureux d\u2019annoncer que j\u2019ai renouvel\u00e9 pour trois ans le Programme X\u00cbYU NDAW \u00d1I, portant sur 82 000<\/strong> emplois jeunes pour un montant de 450 milliards<\/strong> de fcfa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ces tous ces instruments actifs sur l\u2019\u00e9tendue du territoire national, nous avons am\u00e9lior\u00e9 le cadre de vie de nos villes, construit et r\u00e9habilit\u00e9 des lieux de cultes, cr\u00e9\u00e9 des emplois et autres activit\u00e9s g\u00e9n\u00e9ratrices de revenus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous avons financ\u00e9 des milliers de jeunes et femmes porteurs de projets, dont 250 000<\/strong> attributaires de pr\u00eats de la DER\/FJ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous avons permis \u00e0 des millions de b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires d\u2019acc\u00e9der \u00e0 des services sociaux de base, y compris la couverture sanitaire, dont le taux est pass\u00e9 de 20%<\/strong> en 2013 \u00e0 53,2%<\/strong> en 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n De Thi\u00e9y\u00e8ne<\/strong> \u00e0 Bagaya,<\/strong> de Fissel <\/strong>\u00e0 Sar\u00e9 Liou, <\/strong>de Diallocounda<\/strong> \u00e0 Waalidiala,<\/strong> entre autres centaines de localit\u00e9s, nous avons d\u00e9senclav\u00e9 des pans entiers du territoire national, apport\u00e9 de l\u2019eau et de l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9, \u00e9quip\u00e9 des structures de sant\u00e9, et octroy\u00e9 des mat\u00e9riels pour l\u2019all\u00e8gement des travaux des femmes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n En m\u00eame temps, l\u2019Etat continue de soutenir les m\u00e9nages et les travailleurs. En plus de la hausse g\u00e9n\u00e9rale des salaires dans la fonction publique, nous soutenons les prix des denr\u00e9es de premi\u00e8re n\u00e9cessit\u00e9, du transport, de l\u2019eau et de l\u2019\u00e9nergie, dont la subvention, \u00e0 elle seule, s\u2019\u00e9l\u00e8ve cette ann\u00e9e \u00e0 plus de 600 milliards<\/strong> de fcfa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mes chers compatriotes, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alors que la science et la technologie dessinent les nouvelles fronti\u00e8res entre les nations, l\u2019\u00e9ducation et la formation, qui occupent le premier poste budg\u00e9taire de notre pays, restent une priorit\u00e9 \u00e9lev\u00e9e des politiques publiques. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Du primaire au secondaire, nous avons consid\u00e9rablement \u00e9largi la carte scolaire, recrut\u00e9 40 000<\/strong> enseignants et port\u00e9 les salaires \u00e0 un niveau sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n De m\u00eame, conform\u00e9ment aux conclusions de la Journ\u00e9e nationale du 16 d\u00e9cembre, l\u2019Etat poursuit son soutien \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 \u00e9ducative des daaras dont l\u2019apport multis\u00e9culaire \u00e0 la formation spirituelle de notre peuple est inestimable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cependant, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e8re des technologies de pointe, dont l\u2019intelligence artificielle constitue la derni\u00e8re manifestation, il nous faut am\u00e9liorer les performances de notre syst\u00e8me \u00e9ducatif et l\u2019adapter aux r\u00e9alit\u00e9s de notre temps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous devons former plus de ressources humaines dans les sciences, les techniques et l\u2019apprentissage des m\u00e9tiers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u2019est le sens de la cr\u00e9ation des Lyc\u00e9es d\u2019excellence, des Classes pr\u00e9paratoires aux grandes \u00e9coles, des Instituts sup\u00e9rieurs d\u2019enseignement professionnel et des Centres de formation technique et professionnelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Et c\u2019est aussi l\u2019une des vocations du 3FPT, qui a financ\u00e9 entre 2016 et 2023 la formation de 400 000 <\/strong>jeunes et femmes dans diverses fili\u00e8res : les m\u00e9tiers du b\u00e2timent, l\u2019\u00e9lectrom\u00e9canique, le transport, la fibre optique et l\u2019agroalimentaire entre autres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nos efforts pour l\u2019Enseignement sup\u00e9rieur restent \u00e9galement constants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n De l\u2019ind\u00e9pendance \u00e0 2012, soit 52 ans<\/strong>, notre pays comptait deux universit\u00e9s : Cheikh Anta Diop \u00e0 Dakar,<\/strong> et Gaston Berger \u00e0 Saint-Louis<\/strong>, et trois Centres universitaires r\u00e9gionaux (CUR) \u00e0 Bamb\u00e8ye, Thi\u00e8s et Ziguinchor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sur une d\u00e9cennie, nous avons \u00e9rig\u00e9 les Centres universitaires r\u00e9gionaux en Universit\u00e9s log\u00e9es dans leurs propres locaux, et construit trois nouvelles <\/strong>universit\u00e9s : Amadou Makhtar Mbow, El Hdj Ibrahima Niasse du Sine Saloum, l\u2019Universit\u00e9 num\u00e9rique Cheikh Hamidou Kane ; sans compter le Campus franco-s\u00e9n\u00e9galais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je rappelle \u00e9galement que la construction des Universit\u00e9s Souleymane Niang de Matam et du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal oriental d\u00e9marre en janvier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n En m\u00eame temps, nous avons beaucoup investi dans les \u00e9quipements p\u00e9dagogiques, le recrutement d\u2019enseignants, la revalorisation du traitement et autres avantages des personnels, toutes cat\u00e9gories confondues, et la construction d\u2019infrastructures d\u2019h\u00e9bergement et de restauration des \u00e9tudiants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Et chaque ann\u00e9e, l\u2019Etat octroie plus de 82 milliards<\/strong> de fcfa en bourses et aides aux \u00e9tudiants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pour tous ces efforts, parmi bien d\u2019autres au b\u00e9n\u00e9fice de notre syst\u00e8me \u00e9ducatif, nos enfants m\u00e9ritent des ann\u00e9es scolaires et universitaires plus stables et plus studieuses. Il y va de leur avenir et de celui de la nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cet avenir, c\u2019est avec toute notre jeunesse que nous le construirons, en lui offrant plus de possibilit\u00e9s de formation adapt\u00e9e au march\u00e9 du travail, et plus d\u2019opportunit\u00e9s d\u2019emplois et autres activit\u00e9s g\u00e9n\u00e9ratrices de revenus. C\u2019est un de nos d\u00e9fis du pr\u00e9sent et de la prochaine d\u00e9cennie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019avenir de notre jeunesse, c\u2019est ici, chez nous, qu\u2019il se r\u00e9alise, pas dans les mirages tragiques des r\u00e9seaux de l\u2019\u00e9migration clandestine qui arnaquent nos jeunes et leurs familles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ce soir, mes chers compatriotes, <\/strong>je voudrais aussi vous dire, de fa\u00e7on insistante<\/strong> et solennelle<\/strong>, combien il importe de pr\u00e9server la paix, la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et la stabilit\u00e9 de notre pays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n La paix revient en Casamance, comme l\u2019illustre la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie d\u2019incin\u00e9ration des armes le 23 d\u00e9cembre dernier \u00e0 Mamatoro. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A la faveur de l\u2019accalmie g\u00e9n\u00e9rale et des efforts de reconstruction en cours, tous ceux qui acceptent de d\u00e9poser les armes ont leur place au sein de la nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u2019est l\u2019occasion pour moi de saluer et remercier nos Forces de d\u00e9fense et de s\u00e9curit\u00e9, toutes composantes confondues, pour leur engagement professionnel et patriotique. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Avec la mont\u00e9e des p\u00e9rils, nous avons consid\u00e9rablement renforc\u00e9 leurs effectifs et moyens op\u00e9rationnels, en plus de l\u2019am\u00e9lioration de la condition du soldat, y compris les pensions des bless\u00e9s et mutil\u00e9s de guerre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dans un monde de conflits et de violence sous toutes ses formes, les temps sont troubles et incertains. Nous devons sans cesse nous convaincre que rien n\u2019est d\u00e9finitivement acquis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tout peut basculer quand la paix est rompue, quand l\u2019extr\u00e9misme, le populisme et la manipulation s\u2019emparent des esprits, banalisent la violence, et imposent le faux \u00e0 la place du vrai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019extr\u00e9misme, la manipulation et le populisme sont les ennemis mortels de la d\u00e9mocratie, de l\u2019Etat, de la R\u00e9publique et de la nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u2019est pourquoi j\u2019appelle instamment \u00e0 la pr\u00e9servation de notre vivre ensemble, <\/em>pour que notre pays reste une nation unie dans sa diversit\u00e9, dans la paix, la s\u00e9curit\u00e9, la stabilit\u00e9 et la protection de notre h\u00e9ritage spirituel et socioculturel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A pr\u00e9sent, mes chers compatriotes<\/strong>, je voudrais vous remercier et vous dire ma gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quand je sollicitais vos suffrages en f\u00e9vrier 2012, je n\u2019avais plus aucun mandat \u00e9lectif. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Par deux fois et \u00e0 une majorit\u00e9 confortable, vous m\u2019avez investi de votre confiance. C\u2019est un honneur supr\u00eame en d\u00e9mocratie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cet honneur, je l\u2019ai toujours consid\u00e9r\u00e9 non comme une source de privil\u00e8ges, mais comme une \u00e9minente responsabilit\u00e9 et un devoir sacr\u00e9 d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e0 votre service, de travailler jour et nuit pour m\u00e9riter votre confiance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Toute \u0153uvre humaine est imparfaite. Mais quels que soient les crit\u00e8res d\u2019\u00e9valuation, le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal de 2023 est sans commune mesure avec le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal de 2012. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Je suis fier d\u2019avoir r\u00e9alis\u00e9 avec vous cette s\u00e9quence de notre histoire ; un legs qui t\u00e9moignera pour nous demain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n En allant \u00e0 votre rencontre, j\u2019ai appris \u00e0 mieux connaitre et mieux aimer notre pays, d\u2019un amour inconditionnel<\/strong> et in\u00e9puisable<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Voil\u00e0 pourquoi je ferai de sorte que l\u2019\u00e9lection pr\u00e9sidentielle du 25 f\u00e9vrier 2024 se d\u00e9roule, comme les pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes, de fa\u00e7on paisible et dans les meilleures conditions d\u2019organisation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n J\u2019invite tous les candidats \u00e0 \u0153uvrer dans le m\u00eame esprit. Tous, ensemble, allons aux urnes dans le calme, la s\u00e9r\u00e9nit\u00e9 et le fair-play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Et le 2 avril 2024 s\u2019il plait \u00e0 Dieu, je transmettrai le pouvoir \u00e0 mon successeur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Je resterai ensuite disponible et de bonne volont\u00e9, car j\u2019ai le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal chevill\u00e9 au corps ; et j\u2019ai le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal au c\u0153ur. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mon c\u0153ur battra toujours pour notre pays, parce que ce qui nous lie -notre histoire et notre destin communs- transcende mes fonctions officielles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ainsi, apr\u00e8s la transmission du pouvoir, je mettrai en place une Fondation d\u00e9di\u00e9e \u00e0 la paix<\/strong>, au dialogue<\/strong> et au d\u00e9veloppement<\/strong>, pour continuer \u00e0 m\u2019investir dans des causes qui me sont ch\u00e8res : la coexistence pacifique des peuples, le dialogue des cultures et des civilisations, le d\u00e9veloppement durable et inclusif, la justice climatique, le financement de la sant\u00e9, en particulier la sant\u00e9 maternelle et infantile, le soutien \u00e0 la jeunesse, le d\u00e9veloppement des infrastructures en Afrique et la r\u00e9forme de la gouvernance mondiale, qui a mobilis\u00e9 avec succ\u00e8s notre diplomatie lors de mon mandat \u00e0 la t\u00eate de l\u2019Union africaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u2019ici l\u00e0, mes chers compatriotes<\/strong>, continuons notre marche commune, main dans la main, pour un S\u00e9n\u00e9gal uni et prosp\u00e8re, dans la paix, la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et la stabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je vous dis merci <\/strong>du fond du c\u0153ur de m\u2019avoir honor\u00e9 de votre confiance pour servir notre pays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Je vous renouvelle mes sentiments de profonde affection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A toutes et \u00e0 tous, j\u2019adresse mes v\u0153ux ardents de paix, de bonne sant\u00e9, de bien-\u00eatre et de r\u00e9ussite. Que Dieu veille sur notre cher S\u00e9n\u00e9gal. Bonsoir et d\u00e9wen\u00e9ti. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 31 December 2023 My dear compatriots, here and in the diaspora, Since 2012, I have observed the tradition of delivering a message to the nation to extend my\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,8,46],"tags":[],"msf_theme":[],"msf_place":[79],"class_list":["post-3010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-publications","category-publications","category-speeches","msf_place-senegal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3011,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3010\/revisions\/3011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3010"},{"taxonomy":"msf_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msf_theme?post=3010"},{"taxonomy":"msf_place","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msf_place?post=3010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n\n\nMessage \u00e0 la nation \u00e0 l’occasion du nouvel an<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n