FCFA 7bln for PIB in West Region

The 2016 Public Investment Budget (PIB) for the West Region stands at some of 7 billion FCFA that will sponsor some 648 projects with priority given to the domains of health, education, and road infrastructure.

It is expected that by the end of January 2016, public contracts in the region will be launched.

This was revealed last week in Bafoussam, during the launching of the 2016 PIB in the West region, that brought together the principal actors involved in the execution chain of projects.

Presiding at the launching ceremony, the Governor, Awa Fonka Augustine, prescribed objective and transparency in the treatment of files and procedures in order to facilitate the smooth take off of projects financed by PIB in the region. He called on participants to use judiciously the means and resources put at their disposal to develop their localities.

Despite difficulties faced last year with lots of projects in completed and some poorly executed, the west region delegate of MINEPAT, Felix Issa said that "we are still following up some project on the field. Our hope is that what we had as difficulties last year will be corrected and solved so that with the fund of 7 billion CFA that we have, we will attain 100% of executed projects.

In fact, in order to assure a proper execution rate of the PIB, some measures have been taken by the finance chief of division, preparation of budgets in the ministry of finance said the innovation this year is to prepare all documents early enough so that the projects can begin soon.

"We want that at the beginning at of the year, all actors involved prepare the documents so that we can start."

In addition, a joined mission of MINEPAT, MINFI, and Public Contracts has been set for a synergy of actions in 2016, while problems of lateness, slowness and corruption has been addressed.