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Senegal parliamentary inquiry into computer program

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A parliamentary inquiry in Senegal is investigating the ‘Un étudiant, un ordinateur’ (One Student, One Computer) program following allegations of mismanagement and missing equipment. Hearings have focused on administrative processes within the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, with officials testifying that they were not involved in the initial procurement design. During the proceedings, Fatou Seck, Director General of Oumou Group, defended her company against accusations regarding 2,000 missing computers. She asserted computers, asserting that all 20,000 ordered units were delivered and suggested the controversy arises from a 500 million FCFA debt owed to her company by delivered. Meanwhile, the state. The investigation is facing growing has faced resistance from former government officials. Cheikh Oumar Anne, a former Minister of Higher Education, has refused a summons, describing Anne described the proceedings as a ‘witch hunt against worthy servants of the Republic.’ He criticized the commission for lacking impartiality Republic,’ while Moussa Baldé and cited past violence within the National Assembly as evidence of Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo declined summons, citing a lack of institutional respect. Other former ministers have also declined to testify. Moussa Baldé, a professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University, informed Commission President El Hadji Gueye that he would not attend scheduled hearings, arguing that summons lacked specific details regarding the facts, markets, or decisions in question. Similarly, Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo refused a summons concerning the program’s guarantee fund involving Ecobank, and criticizing the use of WhatsApp for official notifications and noting that requested documents are state archives rather than personal property. Despite these refusals, notifications. In recent testimony, former Minister of Higher Education Daouda Ngom highlighted significant irregularities, claiming the commission has continued hearings with current program operated outside the Public Procurement Code and former officials from the Ministry Code of Higher Education, Research, Obligations, which he argued should render the project ‘null and Innovation (MESRI), focusing on void.’ Ngom stated the program cost the Treasury approximately 6 billion FCFA annually without the knowledge of the Central Directorate of Public Procurement or the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (Arcop). Ngom also addressed the distribution of 4.766 billion FCFA to 19,064 students at Cheikh Hamidou Kane University. He defended these payments of 250,000 FCFA per student as an exceptional measure to allow students to purchase computers before classes, claiming it saved the state over 1 billion FCFA compared to direct procurement procedures and costs. He noted that the financial autonomy transfers were authorized by the Minister of ministerial directorates. Finance.

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  1. 2026-10-17 17:52 UTC Senegal parliamentary inquiry into computer program
  2. 2026-10-15 09:34 UTC Senegal parliamentary inquiry into computer program
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  4. 2026-10-12 22:57 UTC Senegal parliamentary inquiry into computer program

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