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In Gabon, since 30 August 2023, the date on which the coup d'état was carried out by the military, what they themselves called "liberation coup", has seen several measures taken by the Committee for the Transition and the Restoration of Institutions, to support families in difficulty. But the most awaited measure was to "give back to the Gabonese people their dignity". One of the highlights of the commitments made by the transitional president, Brigadier General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguéma, during his inauguration speech.


During his speech, the president of the transition, Brigadier General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguéma, had been clear that we must "give back to the Gabonese people their dignity". This was achieved by making decisions that favoured the greatest number, especially "the economically weak Gabonese". One of the first decisions taken in this context was to make enrolment and tuition free in public schools throughout the country. In doing so, the transitional government was relieving a population of anxiety about the school year following the general elections that had just taken place and were cancelled by the "liberation coup". The payment of secondary school scholarships is also one of the social measures to be taken.


For a decade, first and second-cycle students were no longer entitled to the financial manna that had been instituted by the late Omar Bongo Ondimba, who wanted to help students get through the year. This was also in accordance with a previous instruction on the redistribution of wealth.


On another level, left behind by the old regime, pensioners did not know to which saint they should devote themselves for years. For the majority of them, registered with the Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale, they no longer received their salaries because the structure was plagued by massive misappropriation of public funds. On Thursday, August 31, 2023, the president of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI), General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, met with members of the Federation of Companies of Gabon at the Palais du bord de mer. The CTRI leader took this opportunity to announce the decision to move the social security organizations under the private flag.


Ali Bongo had decided it, but Oligui Nguéma made it happen. The Gabonese employers have been wanting this for a long time and had campaigned for this paradigm shift. The private management of both organizations involves the establishment of a Board of Directors, the appointment of Directors-General which will now be made by a call for tenders and the implementation of accounting in accordance with international standards and requirements, explained the president of the Federation of Companies of Gabon (FEG), Jean-Claude Oyima.


The CTRI will still have to change the daily life of the Gabonese people. The initiatives that have been taken, namely, a Gabonese, a taxi, a Gabonese, a plot and, lately, a Gabonese a meter, are the evidence of a clear will to move the lines and give the most vulnerable populations the opportunity to get out of poverty, but above all give chances for all to succeed in a Gabon that has resolutely turned towards development, by allowing Gabonese to enter into business with the Bank for Trade and Entrepreneurship of Gabon, abbreviated BCEG, whose capital is valued at 4 billion CFA francs. Through the creation of this financial institution, Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema intends to support the transition of youth software by facilitating access to SMEs' market and financing.


General Oligui Nguéma expresses, by this strong gesture, his desire to significantly reduce unemployment in Gabon where the overall rate is estimated at 22% against 38% among young people in 2023, according to the World Bank.

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