• 2,096 billion FCFA mobilized at the end of September 2023
• An execution rate of 79% in terms of expenditure
Lhe Minister of Economy and Finance took stock of the situation of execution of the budget and the State treasury, financial year 2023, as of September 30. It was during the Council of Ministers of November 15, 2023. And it appears from this assessment that the mobilization of budgetary revenue amounts to 2,096.67 billion FCFA as of September 30, 2023, i.e. an annual recovery rate of 76.77% , compared to 79.61% during the same period, in 2022.
As for expenditure, as of September 30, 2023, the cumulative expenditure committed and targeted amounts to 2,567.20 billion FCFA on revised forecasts of 3,235.91 billion FCFA in payment credits, i.e. an execution rate of 79.33%. On the same date, in 2022, the volume of expenditure committed and targeted was 2,234.03 billion FCFA, corresponding to a targeted commitment rate of 76.53%.
In terms of budgetary balances, at the end of September 2023, there were budgetary savings of 154.29 billion FCFA and an overall budgetary balance deficit of 541.93 billion FCFA. In terms of cash management, as of September 30, 2023, 2,856.78 billion FCFA were collected across the entire Public Treasury network, compared to 2,706.12 billion FCFA during the same period, in 2022, i.e. a rate annual growth of 5.57%.
We learn that the Council “encourages revenue authorities to continue the implementation of their strategies, through measures already initiated and new measures adapted to the context, particularly security. The Council also invites the various actors in the execution of the State budget to strictly comply with the regulations on public finances,” we can read in the press release from the Council of Ministers.o
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