The ministers recently appointed to ensure the transition in Gabon have been gradually settling into their ministry since the beginning of this week.
Appointed on September 9, 2023, the ministers of the Transition government of General Oligui Nguema have already occupied their respective ministries. Since Monday, we have been witnessing handovers. This is particularly the case with the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Jonathan Ignoumba on September 13 after a double handover between Charles Mve Ella who led the agriculture and livestock file, Pascal Houangni Ambourouet who carried that of fishing and the maritime economy and him. During his handover, Jonathan Ignoumba promised to work hard to carry out government projects in accordance with his roadmap. This, he said, “for the well-being of the country’s populations who aspire to food security“. Considering the ministry for which he is responsible as “a ministry of national sovereignty», he said measuring the related load. “This means that the challenge that awaits us has the inquisitive gaze of General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, president of the transition.“, did he declare. Like him, the new Minister of Mines, Hervé Patrick Opiangah, officially took office on Tuesday September 12, as deputy secretary general of the government, Yves D. Sylvain Moussavou. During his handover ceremony, Hervé Patrick Opiangah promised to spare no effort to execute his roadmap with an obligation to achieve results. Opportunity for him to already call on everyone to work harder. Let us recall that the passage of Chen Sylvestre Mezui M’Obiang at the head of the Ministry of Mines was marked, among other things, by the signing, in May 2023, of an Agreement between the Gabonese State and the company Ivindo Iron , relating to the exploitation of Belinga iron; the signing of an agreement with Wuhan University in China relating to the construction of a metallurgy laboratory in Gabon; the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Mines and the Paris School of Mines for the benefit of agents of this ministerial department.
