REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN PAIX-TRAVAIL-PATRIE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE-WORK-FATHERLAND
GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMME FOR THE 2019 FINANCIAL YEAR
PRESENTED TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BY
HIS EXCELLENCY PHILEMON YANG PRIME MINISTER, HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
YAOUNDÉ, 21 NOVEMBER 2018
The Right Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly, Honourable Members of the Bureau of the National Assembly, Honourable Members of the National Assembly, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am very delighted to take the floor before the full membership of the National Assembly to present Government's Economic, Financial, Social and Cultural Programme for the 2019 fiscal year, a Programme prepared by the Government under the authority of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Paul BIYA,
I sincerely thank The Right Honourable Speaker for the kind words he said to me and the entire Government.
Honourable Members of the National Assembly,
Government's Economic, Financial, Social and Cultural Programme for the 2019 fiscal year is being presented after the swearing-in of the President of the
Republic, His Excellency Paul BIYA, who has just been massively re-elected by Cameroonians. I would like on behalf of the Government to officially and respectfully wish him total success in his new term of office.
This Government's economic, Financial, Social and Cultural Programme draws on the instructions of the Head of State, in the important speech he pronounced here during his oath-taking on 6 November 2018.
This oath-taking ceremony concluded a transparent, credible, and memorable electoral process, during which Cameroon showed the world the image of a country which is free, democratic, with a bright future.
This Government's economic, Financial, Social and Cultural Programme draws on the instructions of the Head of State, in the important speech he pronounced here during his oath-taking on 6 November 2018.
This oath-taking ceremony concluded a transparent, credible, and memorable electoral process, during which
Cameroon showed the world the image of a country which is free, democratic, with a bright future.
I will begin by presenting an overview of the main activities implemented by Government in the year 2018 that is ending. Next, I will chart the prospects of Government action during the 2019 financial year.
The Right Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly, Honourable Members of the National Assembly,
During 2018, Government activities were mainly to consolidating the achievements of previous years and tackle head on numerous stakes and challenges related, among other things, to:
- the furtherance of peace, national unity and the spirit of togetherness;
- the finalization of construction works of sports facilities and related infrastructure, ahead of the organization of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations;
- the continued implementation of the Three-Year Emergency Plan for Accelerating Economic Growth;
- the implementation of the Three-Year Special Youth Plan;
- the follow-up of major infrastructure projects;
- the continued implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement concluded with the European Union.