Extracts from the opening statement read by the General Secretary, Augustin Sebgo.
- Despite the great contribution of the energy and mining sector, the country is experiencing major difficulties,
The difficulties include:
- The impossibility of carrying out certain monitoring and inspection missions,
- The accentuation of anarchy in the artisanal exploitation sub-sector,
- To date, monitoring and control missions have not been carried out due to a lack of resources because our budget depends on the state budget
The glaring lack of vehicles and computerised working equipment.
On human resources management:
- The union deplores the lack of vision in the career plans of agents, the failure to promote internal skills to technical and decision-making positions,
“It is necessary to make the permanent presence of agents on the industrial mine effective for the monitoring of production and the collection of data,” according to the SG, who adds: “During our control missions, we caught a mine illegally exploiting a pit