Dans sa livraison de ce vendredi 6 janvier 2022, « Bès Bi », un quotidien sénégalais du groupe Emédia, évoque une hausse des prix des hydrocarbures et de l’électricité décidée par le gouvernement. Cette augmentation sera confirmée par la nouvelle grille tarifaire des prix dans le secteur qui sera publiée, ajoute le journal du groupe Emedia. En effet, le gouvernement va revoir les coûts dans le secteur des hydrocarbures. Si la bonbonne de gaz va être épargnée, l’essence et le gasoil connaîtront chacun une hausse de 100 francs. Pour l’électricité, la hausse ne s’appliquera pas à la tranche sociale (jusqu’à 150 kwts), tout le contraire des autres tranches souligne la source.
The increase will come into effect tomorrow, Saturday, January 7, from 18 hours. Before that, the government will explain through the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.
As a reminder, in his address to the nation on December 31, the Head of State, Macky Sall had guaranteed "the mobilization of more than 450 billion in subsidies for food and energy products.
"For the past few years, the state has borne the extra cost to maintain the price structure as it is. It has a lot of trouble respecting this commitment because it makes the operators bear the extra cost by promising to pay the surplus. Today, the State is unable to pay and owes tens of billions to the operators," the source told Bes Bi newspaper.
Main reason for this increase, a decrease in subsidies in the energy sector. As a reminder, in 2022, faced with the impact of the war in Ukraine, the government had taken important measures and in a concerted manner with all stakeholders, to lower the prices of everyday consumer products.
Pape Malick Ndour : « L’Etat a assez fait d’effort dans le secteur… »
According to Pape Malick Ndour, Minister of Youth, Employment and Entrepreneurship: "it was necessary, in particular to implement "the policy of the President of the Republic in favor of vulnerable groups", to make adjustments. "It is necessary to release budgetary margins to finance all this social policy and from this point of view, I think that it would be normal to let the State blow a little by applying a part of the truth of the prices concerning the products of hydrocarbons and Energy which knew exponential rises on the world market. The President announced in his speech a targeted adjustment of energy prices; it is necessary that the actors understand this and try, with the government, to find ways to succeed in targeting."
« Malgré la conjoncture économique mondiale, c’est près de 750 milliards de subventions que l’Etat a accordés rien que pour le secteur de l’énergie ; et durant toute l’année 2022, les prix de l’électricité et du carburant ont été maintenus à des niveaux assez bas par rapport à la vérité des prix. Tout cela pour éviter aux ménages les effets pervers de l’inflation qui grèvent leur pouvoir d’achat”
Minister Pape Malick Ndour.
Abdou Karim Fofana : « L’augmentation est justifiée… »
Abdou Karim Fofana, the Minister of Commerce, justified the new price scale, which will be published and put into effect from tomorrow at 6pm, as reported by the Emedia Group newspaper. "We thought that people with diesel vehicles are the most needy and need the most subsidies. But we found out in the statistics that 52% of diesel vehicles are vehicles with more than 11 horsepower, that is to say, 4x4s. Should we subsidize the person who has a small car as well as the one who has a 4X4", asks Abdou Karim Fofana.
D’après le porte-parole du gouvernement, « la subvention continue jusqu’à présent ». M. Fofana précise : « Quand vous achetez aujourd’hui un litre de gasoil, vous payez 655 francs, l’Etat paie 400 et quelques francs. Demain (samedi), vous allez payer 700 et quelques francs et l’Etat va payer 300 francs. Donc, la subvention continue, elle est plus ajustée. » Toutefois, le ministre annonce un dispositif spécial pour les boulangers les fabricants de glace et les transporteurs.
"All this will be discussed next week"
Abdou Karim Fofana
For electricity, the social bracket (up to 150 kwts) will be spared according to the Minister of Commerce. "The reality of prices is not applied. If it were applied, the price of diesel would be 1000 and some francs. The price of fuel would be 1400 and people with modest incomes with little electricity would have paid more," he concluded.