2024-02-11 05:50:46
While prices at the pump have just exploded in Cameroon, the executive is being criticized for its lack of responsiveness and anticipation, by not taking any concrete support measures to cushion the oil shock. Uncompromising analysis.
It is a scathing indictment of the government’s management of the recent surge in fuel prices. In a vitriolic column widely shared on social networks in recent days, Jean Robert Wafo, executive of the FCC party, protests against the “inertia » from the Cameroonian authorities.
A lack of anticipation pointed out
According to the political analyst, the government cannot plead the excuse of unpreparedness. The impending increase in prices at the pump was known ” since more than a month “, he recalls. That is plenty of time to prepare the essential support measures intended to cushion the deleterious effects.
Except that almost a week after the new fuel prices came into force, “nothing concrete is done”, castigates the tribune. Not even the beginning of a dialogue with economic players, primarily transporters, to mitigate the oil shock.
Government inaction denounced
Proof of this sluggish reaction deemed unworthy: the long-awaited consultations with the carrier unions to set new mileage rates are still awaited. An incomprehensible and harmful inaction in the face of the emergency, alarms the political analyst.
Because by not taking any proactive initiative to cushion the impact of the surge in prices, the executive is allowing the specter of a social and economic catastrophe to loom large. Rising poverty, suffocation of businesses, explosion in the cost of living… the risk of widespread chaos has never seemed so threatening, he warns.
A lack of foresight pointed out
Ultimately, the author of the column notes a serious lack of foresight on the part of the authorities. The lack of anticipation and carelessness in the management of this crisis are also singled out in an implacable indictment.
As remedies to get out of the rut, Jean Robert Wafo suggests the emergency implementation of aid measures for the most vulnerable populations and economic sectors. Before it’s too late and the country’s situation flares up for good…