Local Authorities : Niger Learns From Cameroon’s Experience

Things will never the same gain with regard to local authorities in charge of local development in Niger as officials of the National Agency for Financing Local Authorities of that country (ANFICT) have had working sessions and sharing of experiences with Cameroon government officials, Special Council Support Fund for Mutual Assistance (FEICOM), United Councils and Cities of Cameroon, Yaounde City Council and Obala Council.
The delegation from Niger was led by the board chairperson of ANFICT, Dr Halilou Ibrahima. The objective of the visit was to deepen the sharing of experiences started in 2017 during the previous visit of ANFICT delegation to Cameroon focused on the experience of FEICOM in relation to the mobilization of resources, management of projects and financing local development. The delegation members from Niger also had to participate in the drawing up of the 2021 action plan of the Network of Financing Institutions of Local Authorities (RIAFCO).
In the report of the working mission presented at the head office of FEICOM on February 12, 2021, it emerged that Niger’s officials were to go home with a wealth of experience. This is because with government ministries they learned much about the decentralisation process in Cameroon. In the restitution session chaired by the Director General of FEICOM, Philippe Camille Akoa  it was disclosed that ANFICT officials and those of Cameroon’s  Ministry of Decentralisation and Local Development shared experiences on the evolution and organisation of the decentralisation process and  local financing in their respective countries, in the Ministry of Finance, they shared experiences on State mechanisms  for resources to local authorities. They also had a working session at the Ministry of External Relations.
The working session with FEICO...