For several decades, the bosses of the Gabonese public administrations were equipped with luxury vehicles of the 4X4 types whose value could exceed 50 million F CFA.
But in order to reduce its lifestyle, the Gabonese State has decided to ban, since June 29, 2018, the acquisition of administrative vehicles of more than 30 million. This measure concerns both the central administration and the other decentralized public services.
The well organized industry, with the complicity of local car dealerships, allowed some senior government officials to benefit from vehicles they would never have acquired while working in the private sector.
Thus, the fleet will now be standardized and standardized. In addition, any holder of a state vehicle will be immediately removed the transportation assistance premium. By this measure, the state plans to save 180 million CFA francs per month, or 2.1 billion a year.
By Antoine Lawson
