The Executive branch accounts for the majority of these delays, with seven positions identified within the Presidential Palace or its oversight agencies and commissions.
In its provisional directory, finalized on July 31, 2026, the National Anti-Corruption Office (OFNAC) has meticulously documented numerous failures to comply with asset declaration obligations among Senegal’s highest-ranking state officials. The report identifies nine critical positions, directly linked to the Presidency of the Republic and the National Assembly, as having defaulted on this crucial transparency requirement.
The executive branch faces significant scrutiny, accounting for seven of the identified overdue declarations. These roles are situated either within the Presidential Palace itself or in agencies and commissions under its direct supervision. Specifically, the non-compliant positions within the President’s cabinet and direct ministerial functions include the President’s personal representative to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), the Special Envoy of the President of the Republic, and the Director of Presidential Protocol. Furthermore, the report highlights administrative and financial management roles within strategic bodies and regulatory authorities attached to the Presidency: these comprise the Administrative and Financial Director of the Commission de protection des données personnelles (CDP), the Administrative and Financial Officer of the Comité national de l’Initiative pour la transparence dans les industries extractives (CN-ITIE), the Director of Support Services and Finance at the Autorité de régulation des télécommunications et des postes (ARTP), and the Deputy Director General of the Agence de promotion des investissements et des grands travaux (APIX-SA), representing the parapublic sector.
Legislative body also sees non-compliance. On the side of the legislative power, OFNAC has highlighted two specific instances of high-level officials within the Bureau of the National Assembly failing to declare their assets. These include the eighth Vice-President of the institution, as well as a former third Vice-President of the National Assembly, whose non-compliance pertains to the duration of their mandate. Regarding the latter case, the oversight body clarified an important detail: although the individual is no longer subject to the declaration requirement today, as their term has concluded, no declaration was ever submitted throughout their entire tenure in office.
OFNAC, however, underscored a significant point of compliance at the very apex of the state apparatus: all currently serving government ministers have fully adhered to the asset declaration exercise. No minister has departed from their post or exceeded the regulatory deadline without fulfilling this obligation, with a
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