In Gabon, the government launched a census campaign for public officials on Friday October 25. The campaign targets in particular 13,000 civil servants who could not be found during an audit carried out by the military last December. The civil servants concerned did not see their salaries directly transferred to their bank accounts, but were called to a stadium to collect their cash receipts after having justified their absence during the audit last December. Some cry injustice.
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With our correspondent in Libreville, Yves-Laurent Goma
There were many of them on Friday at the Palais des Sports hoping to collect their voucher, the key which should allow them to receive their salary. All those present deny the status of ghost officials.
“ The census did not arrive in our province, we pay for having agreed to serve the State far from the capital », said a teacher indignantly, on condition of anonymity. “ We have never been recorded », pleaded an agent from the Ministry of Social Affairs assigned 40 km from Libreville.
The relevant census took place last December. Out of 109,000 civil servants, 13,000 are considered “ fictitious agents “. Lieutenant-Colonel Loïc Ossiba, general director of pay, demands supporting documents from all those concerned.
The operation started on Friday October 25 will continue next month, those absent risk being removed. The State hopes to save 8 billion CFA francs, or a little more than 1% of the annual payroll of state agents.