While collection projections approach 603 billion CFA francs, seeing local authorities reduced to begging or freezing essential projects due to Treasury reimbursement delays constitutes an intolerable obstacle to grassroots development.


Repeated legislative reforms and the creation of new tax baskets (supposed to bring in over 126 billion in additional resources) remain hollow promises if the central administration continues to hold funds in the Treasury's single account. While the recent automation of the Synthetic General Tax transfer represents appreciable technical progress, it mainly highlights the inexcusable backlog accumulated across all other levies destined for the territories.

The government must understand that withholding municipal resources to plug central State cash-flow tensions amounts to paralyzing the local economy and sacrificing citizens' living conditions. The time for voting ambitious laws appears to have passed, in favor of immediate and automated transfer discipline across the entire network of tax collectors.

Ensuring the effectiveness of our local authorities demands rigor and irreproachable institutional loyalty from financial agencies. The local tax basket must now be transformed into an inviolable financial flow, directly injected into the territories. 


To succeed in the wager of balanced and sovereign development, Cameroon must make the financial emancipation of its municipalities the foundation of modern, dignified, and high-performing governance.



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