Burkina: Ibrahim Traoré announces a reduction in diplomatic staff and budget cuts for the benefit of students

Ouagadougou: The President of the Transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, announced the reduction of Burkina Faso's diplomatic staff abroad and the readjustment of the budgets of certain ministries in order to create infrastructure for the benefit students. The President of the Transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, intends to reduce the number of staff in Burkina Faso embassies abroad in order to reuse the money that should be used to support them in the construction of infrastructure for the benefit of students. 'We have a lot of people in diplomatic missions, we pay a lot of billions. These billions will be spent on building lecture halls for students,' he said. Likewise, budget cuts will be made in ministries, always for the benefit of students. 'I informed the various ministries that we are going to cut budgets to build lecture theaters and classrooms for students. Everything that is cut in the ministries will go to the students,' he explained. The president of the transition, who spoke on the occasion of the celebration of March 8, 2024, also announced other measures in several sectors. Source: Burkina Information Agency