Council of Ministers of 26 July 2023: Big Decisions

The Council of Ministers was held on Wednesday 26 July 2023 under the aegis of the Head of State, Patrice Talon. Here are the Big Decisions:

■ REGULATORY MEASURES

PRESIDENCY

● Attributions, organization and functioning of the National Council of Education (CNE) ;

● Attributions, organization and functioning of the Office of the Vice-President of the Republic and of the Services of the Grand Chancellery of Benin ;

● Creation of the National Food and Nutrition Agency and approval of its statutes ;

● Transmission to the National Assembly, for study and vote, of the bill creating the National Orders of Benin ;

●Attributions, organization and functioning of the Health Sector Regulatory Authority.

FINANCES

● Modalities for exercising the functions of trade activity control officers in the Republic of Benin ;

● Conditions for the approval of persons authorized to declare goods in detail or to exercise the profession of customs broker ;

● Appointment of auditors to the national hospital maintenance agency ;

● Modification of the statutes of the National Market Management Agency (ANaGeM) ;

● Methods for inventorying the materials of the State and other public bodies subject to the rules of public accounting ;

● Amendment of decree no. 2018-385 of 29 August 2018 on the procedures for exercising the specific functions of store accountants in the Republic of Benin.

TOURISM

● Attributions, organization and functioning of the Ministry of Tourism, of Culture and Arts.

🚩 INDUSTRY AND TRADE

● Import modalities, storage and distribution of refined petroleum products and their derivatives in the Republic of Benin.

SANTE

● Modification of the statutes of the Beninese Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency.

COMMUNICATIONS

 PRESIDENCY

● Organization of a test followed by individual interviews, as part of the fourth campaign for registration in the national file for admission and appointment of executives to jobs in the public expenditure chain.

 INTERIOR

● Recruitment, training and deployment of one thousand one hundred (1100) student-agents for the benefit of the municipal police.

SANTE

● Rehabilitation/reconstruction works of 12 health centers in the Municipality of Bantè then monitoring and control services for said works ;

● Rehabilitation of 4 hospitals and universities, 4 departmental hospitals, 15 area hospitals and construction of 7 hospitals of 65 places ;

● Contracting for partial project management as part of the rehabilitation of six hundred and eighty-eight (688) health centers ;

● Carrying out feasibility and sizing studies for the project to create a funeral center, of a morgue, a crematorium and embalming training school in Benin.

SECONDARY

● Realization of environmental and social impact studies, and other services on the sites of the construction/rehabilitation works of fifteen (15) vocational technical high schools, six (6) science high schools, a (1) high school for young girls and two (2) higher normal schools.

 WORK

● Completion of work to regularize the administrative situation of the two thousand four hundred and seventy-six (2476) casual agents and others who have remained in the service of the Administration since 31 December 2007 but unpaid and authorizes the examination of the five hundred and seventy-two (572) additional files by the ad hoc committee.

 INDIVIDUAL MEASUREMENTS

Nominations :

● At the Presidency

● At the Ministry of Energy, of Water and Mines

● Ministry of Social Affairs and Microfinance

● At the State Secretariat for Energy