Senegal's government owes companies 1,956bn FCFA (€2.98bn) in payment arrears, Finance Minister Cheikh Diba said on October 25, 2026, while the draft amended 2026 budget sets aside 300bn FCFA (€457mn) to clear them and the draft 2027 budget plans 480bn FCFA (€732mn), according to the two finance bills.
Analysis: The proposed 2026 and 2027 payments add up to 780bn FCFA (€1.19bn), equivalent to 39.9% of the reported arrears, leaving 1,176bn FCFA (€1.79bn) on that basis. But the Prime Minister dated the 1,956bn FCFA stock to March 2025. It may therefore exclude arrears accumulated since then and payments of 474bn FCFA (€723mn) made during 2025. Both allocations still require parliamentary approval: the revised 2026 budget was sent back to committee at the October 27 plenary, with the 2027 budget expected in late November. Suppliers and contractors cannot yet assume when their outstanding invoices will be settled.
Source: Ministry of Finance and Budget, Government press conference on the amended 2026 budget (LFR), October 25, 2026, as reported by Le Soleil, Stock (stated October 25, 2026); Prime Minister's Office (Primature), Prime Minister's general policy statement to the National Assembly, September 8, 2026, as reported by Capmad, End-March 2025; Ministry of Finance and Budget, Projet de loi de finances rectificative (PLFR) 2026, article 40, 2026; Ministry of Finance and Budget, Projet de loi de finances 2027 (PLF 2027), explanatory statement, published on vie-publique.sn, 2027 (draft budget); Ministry of Finance and Budget, 2025 budget execution report, as reported by Capmad (Sept 9, 2026), 2025; National Assembly, Communiqué of the PASTEF-Les Patriotes parliamentary group, October 20, 2026, as reported by Le Soleil, October 2026; National Assembly, National Assembly notice, as reported by RTS (public broadcaster), 27 Oct 2026; National Assembly, Plenary session of the National Assembly, 27 Oct 2026, as reported by SenePlus and allAfrica, 27 Oct 2026