EPEs praised for their prudence but invited to continue efforts to clear debts and dematerialize services

Ouagadougou: State public establishments gathered in a general assembly this Thursday in Ouagadougou and praised for their 'good overall prudence', invited to continue efforts to dematerialize services, audit debts and timely settlement of tax obligations.The General Assembly of EPEs, opening in its 25th session under the presidency of the Prime Minister, Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, invited EPE managers 'to continue the dematerialization of services; the clearance of debts and the timely payment of tax and social debts. She also recommended that EPEs reread their statutes, in order to take into account material accounting,' reports the communications service of the ministry in charge of finance.The activity reports and financial statements presented to the assembly indicate 'fairly satisfactory management'. 'The expenditure coverage ratio by revenue stands at 121.14% compared to 132.73% in 2022 and 121.80% in 2021, reflecting good overall prudence by those responsible in the execution of budget ary expenditure,' according to the assessment of the assembly, reported from the same source.More generally, during the year 2023, the revenues of EPEs increased by 17.25%, reaching 430.465 billion FCFA. Budgetary expenditure also increased by 21.89%.This 25th session of the EPE general assembly was placed under the theme: 'the modernization of public services provided to users of State Public Establishments (EPE) in a context of security challengesSource: Burkina Information Agency