Windscreen Licences:Reform Yields Fruits

 Finance Minister Alamine Ousmane Mey answered questions in the Senate on June 21, 2017 during a question time plenary sitting

The Minister of Finance Alamine Ousmane Mey on June 21, 2017 explained to Senators the importance and advantages of the reform whose implementation started on January 1, 2017  in which vehicle owners pay for their windscreen licences through insurance companies. This was in plenary sitting chaired by Senate President Marcel Niat Njifenji in the presence of the Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation in charge of Local governments, Jules Doret Ndongo who represented the Vice Prime Minister, Minister Delegate at the Presidency of the Republic in charge of Relations with the Assemblies, Amadou Ali.
The Finance boss answering the question of Senator Sonkin Etienne said the balance sheet of the reform in the first five months of 2017 indicate that FCFA 7 billion had already been paid into the State treasury as income from windscreen licences excluding administrative vehicles, as compared to FCFA 5 billion at the same period last year. He said the reform was put in place to fight fraud, simplify the payment procedure and save the time of the payers. The Minister told the Senators that the insurance sector was well structured, controlled and coordinated  and collection of wi...