The amount of 192, 304 billion CFA francs, with an additional amount of 42 billion out of the amount requested, provides the Congolese government with a breathing space.for the development plan of the country.

Chairman of CEMAC

Ladies and gentlemen , members of the Ministerial Committee

Your Excellencies, Ministers, dear collegues

Ladies and gentlemen, members of the decision making and supervisory bodies of BEAC

Ladies and gentlemen, first executives of bodies and institutions of CEMAC

Ladies and gentlemen, representatives of the diplomatic corps and international organizations;

Distinguished guests;

Mr. ABBAS MAHAMAT TOLLI, new governor of BEAC and a national of Chad, and the other members of he government of the Bank were sworn into office by the current chairman of the ministerial committee of UMAC, honourable Calixte NGANONGO, Congolese Minister of Finance, budget and public portfolio on March 31, 2017 in Yaounde, headquarters of the Bank.

After chairing two board of directors meetings, one being extraordinary and held on march 27, 2017, Honorable Calixte NGANONGO, Miniser of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio is going to chair tomorrow March 31, 2017 the sworn into office ceremony of Mr. Abbas Mahamat Tolli, a national of Chad, as governor of BEAC (Bank of Central African States) in Yaounde, for a seven-year term.

Calixte Nganongo, Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, promoted to Grand Officer in the Congolese Order of Merit

Presentation of New Year wishes by members of government to the Presidential Couple

On Wednesday, January 4, 2017, Calixte Nganongo, Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, made a surprise visit to the Directorate General of the Congolese Amortisation Fund (CCA) in Brazzaville.

The website of the Ministry of Finance, the Budget and the Public Portfolio, accessible throughwww.finances.gouv.cg was placed online on Tuesday December 27, 2016, in the conference room of the Ministry in the presence of Mr. Calixte Nganongo, Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Congolese monetary and financial authority.

To finance investments undertaken between 2012 and 2016, the Congolese government has just launched a bond issue through a public offering on CEMAC financial markets. It was on December 15 in Libreville.

On December 7 2016 in Brazzaville, Congo and the World Bank signed two funding agreements for the Brazzaville and Pointe Noire Urban Development and Restructuring Project and the Education Support Project. The documents were signed by Congolese Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Calixte Nganongo and the World Bank's Director of Operations for the Republic of the Congo, Ahmadou Moustapha Ndiaye.