The National Anti-Fraud Coordination (CNLF) hosted a press conference this Wednesday March 6, 2024 in Bobo-Dioulasso. Objectives, to present to the men and women of the media fraudulently imported March 8 loincloths as well as the seizure of drinks clandestinely manufactured in a unit there.
Despite repeated warnings from the National Anti-Fraud Coordination, Burkinabè people have remained unmoved. These are the perpetrators of serious fraud, ranging from defiance of State authority to endangering the health of the population. There are more than 6,400 pieces of 3 loincloths from 8-Mars with an estimated cost of more than 48,000,000 FCFA; 500 bottles of adulterated alcohol, which were seized by the Western Investigation and Research Brigade (BERO). “On the defiance of State authority, you will remember that on January 15, 2024, a joint press release from the ministries in charge of commerce, family and the economy prohibiting the importation, marketing and the free distribution of industrial loincloths stamped with the theme and logo chosen for the marketing of International Women’s Rights Day and the national forum was signed. Against all expectations, individuals with dismal designs went against the terms of the said press release,” informs us Dr. Yves Kafando, national coordinator of the fight against fraud in relation to the loincloth.
Regarding the bottles of adulterated alcohol which were seized after the discovery of a production unit, Dr Yves Kafondo affirms that “it is following information collected based on our collaboration with the populations, the BERO uncovered a manufacturing unit for adulterated drinks with no document authorizing the opening of such a unit, no compliance, no professional qualifications, everything is done on the basis of fraud….More than 500 bottles of adulterated liquors intended for the placed on the national market were found in this enclosure clandestinely located in the middle of homes.
“There is a trend that we must fight at all costs”
For the National Anti-Fraud Coordination, the tendency of some Burkinabè to take short-term steps to enrich themselves and thus undermine national co-construction efforts based on our capacity to self-produce and finance our development. To combat this, “the CNLF, alongside awareness-raising and consultations, maintains citizen monitoring by using the powers vested in it by the government,” informs Dr. Yves Kafondo.
While inviting the population to collaborate by denouncing cases of fraud, the National Coordination for the Fight against Fraud calls, once again, on all Burkinabè who love peace and social justice to make the fight against fraud a fight of lengthy
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