Madar (Dakar) - Senegal's National Assembly on Monday, November 9, 2026, rejected the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene's draft 2027 budget during finance committee proceedings, according to the Seneweb news site, citing the National Assembly's report.
The appropriations proposed for the ministry, headed by Ibrahima Sy, amount to about 246.67 billion CFA francs, compared with 217.28 billion in the initial 2026 finance law, an increase of about 29.39 billion CFA francs (13.53%), according to the Senego news site.
According to the National Assembly's report, exchanges between the minister and MPs included several questions and observations, notably on "inconsistencies in the figures, and on the sincerity and reliability of the budget forecasts presented, in light of the requirements of Article 30 of the organic law on finance laws".
At the end of the debate, MPs voted by a majority against the draft. "Consequently, the draft budget was not adopted by the committee," the same source said.
The rejection comes after the finance committee on Saturday, November 7, rejected all the bills submitted to it, including those on revenue and public debt and the budgets of the Presidency, the Prime Minister's office and the National Assembly.
Parliament had rejected the 2026 amending finance law on November 3, when finance committee chairman Alphonse Mané Sambou said the 2027 budget projections were based on the calculations of that rejected amending law, according to Senego.
