𝐋𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞́𝐥𝐞́𝐠𝐮𝐞́, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞́ 𝐝𝐞 𝐥 𝐚 𝐒𝐞́𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞́, 𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐀, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩 𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞́ 𝐝𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐟 𝐝’𝐄𝐭𝐚𝐭-𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞, 𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭-𝐜𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐄𝐯𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐃𝐀, 𝐝𝐮 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝 – 𝐩𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭-𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐍𝐀𝐎𝐍, 𝐝𝐮 𝐃 𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐞́𝐧𝐞́𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞, 𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨̂𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐞́𝐧𝐞́𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐑𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐔𝐄́𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐎𝐆𝐎, 𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮 𝐞́ 𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞́𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐱𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐞́𝐧𝐞́𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐞 𝐥’𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 (𝐃𝐆𝐓 𝐈), 𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢 𝟎𝟗 𝐦𝐚𝐢 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐚̀ 𝐎𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞́𝐜𝐨𝐮 𝐯𝐫𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐨”.
This visit comes after a cabinet meeting held on Monday, May 8, during which the Minister Delegate, in charge of Security, the Chief Commissioner of Police, Mahamadou SANA, considered it necessary for all the first officials responsible for Security to better discover the “Smart Burkina Faso” project.
“I had the chance to visit the project for the first time last week with the Minister in charge of Digital Transition and I felt it was appropriate for me to return with those responsible for the chain of command to discover the project and see to what extent we can readjust and anticipate things”, underlined the Minister Delegate SANA, at the start of the discussions.
After setting the context, there followed a presentation of the Project, provided by the Divisional Commissioner of Police, Issiaka TOU, head of the said project. “Smart Burkina Faso” aims, according to Issiaka TOU, to provide large urban centers, in particular the cities of Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, with a radiocommunication and video protection system in order to strengthen the operational capacities of the security forces in their mission. securing populations and combating urban delinquency. Eventually, a total of 800 km of fiber optic network will be installed across the country in order to effectively fight against insecurity and urban crime, he added.
This presentation raised questions of comprehension but above all suggestions and contributions from the first persons in charge of Safety. They wanted the involvement of all actors in the security chain in the implementation of the project for better results. In addition, the visitors of the day suggested financial readjustments on the part of technical and financial partners, in order to holistically take into account the issue of urban security.
After having conducted a guided tour of the premises and facilities of the “Smart Burkina Faso” Project, the officials in charge of Security welcomed the merits of the initiative which, according to them, will ultimately constitute an effective tool in the fight against insecurity in all its aspects. Indeed, the Minister SANA, in view of the current context, recalled the need to strengthen security through the gateways to urban centers and those of checkpoints across the country.
Created in 2020 with the coverage area of the cities of Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, the “Smart Burkina Faso” Project will eventually cover the thirteen (13) regional capitals.
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