MINEE
MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY
# PRESENTATION BY THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND THE BUDGET OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
2024
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MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY
Budget for the 2025 Financial Year
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Yaoundé - CAMEROON
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2 PRESENTATION BY THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND THE BUDGET OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Madam Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and the Budget; Honourable Committee Members,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure and honour for me to address your august committee to fulfil once again, this noble duty of presenting, for prior approval by the National Assembly, the action plan of the Ministry of Water and Energy for the 2025 financial year.
Madam Chairperson,
before proceeding further, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks for the kind words addressed to me and the delegation accompanying me.
I also wish that our discussions may contribute to consolidate Government vision for the Water and Energy sub-sector. As such, you can count on my open collaboration and, above all, my full readiness to address any concerns that may arise, with due respect for our institutions.
After this preliminary, if you don't mind, my presentation will focus on (I) the strategic objectives of the Ministry of Water and Energy; (II) the state of implementation of programmes for the 2024 financial year; (III) the presentation of the draft budget for the 2025 financial year.
I. PRESENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OF THE MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENERGY
Madam Chairperson, Honourable Committee Members, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It seems appropriate to me to recall that according to the provisions of Decree No. 2012/501 of 7 November 2012 to Organise the Ministry of Water and Energy, the latter is mainly responsible for preparing and implementing Government policy on water and energy production, transport and distribution.
In line with the 2020 - 2030 National Development Strategy (NDS30) and in order to play a decisive role in achieving emergence by 2035, the Water and Energy sub-sector has as strategic goal to develop water and energy production and promote their access, at lower cost, to populations and industries in the short, medium and long term.
In accordance with instructions from the HEAD OF STATE contained in Circular No. 001 of 23 August 2022 relating to the preparation of the State budget for the 2023 financial year, and the 2023 Mission Letter for MINEE by the Prime Minister, Head of Government, MINEE's action specifically focused on:
a) In the electricity sector: - The full commissioning of the Nachtigal dam; - The operationalization of the last unit of the Lom Pangar plant; - The reinforcement of energy facilities in order to meet the needs of industry and the population through the operation of hydroelectric dams and solar power plants designed to electrify rural areas;