Africa-Press – Senegal. The Dakar-Plateau City Council announces that it has decided to rename Avenue Louis Faidherbe Avenue du President Macky Sall.
« Alioune Ndoye, mayor of the commune of Dakar-Plateau informs all of his Senegalese fellow citizens and foreign guests established in Senegal that the Municipal Council (of his Commune), by deliberation adopted at its meeting of 10 July 2023, decided to rename Avenue Louis Faidherbe. It now bears the name of: Avenue president Macky Sall », he said in a press release.
Mr. Ndoye explains that through “this step of such great historical significance, the populations of Dakar-Plateau, through their representatives, intend to show their gratitude to this illustrious statesman”.
The press release notes that the Senegalese Head of State, throughout his magisterium, has « always been able to listen attentively » to the concerns of the populations of his commune, « by supporting and accompanying in an effective, determined and decisive manner , all initiatives brought to its attention ».
‘’L’œuvre immense de ce leader et bâtisseur hors pair, pour notre pays, dont les innombrables réalisations structurantes opérées au profit des dakarois, dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre des grands projets du Plan Sénégal Emergent, ne constituent qu’une infime partie, justifie, également, à plus d’un titre, qu’un tel hommage lui soit rendu’’, souligne le texte.
The Mayor of Dakar-Plateau « consequently invites his compatriots, public, semi-public and private services, companies and structures as well as all users of the said avenue, newly renamed, to draw all the legal consequences that induces this name change.
Elected President of the Republic in 2012 and re-elected in 2019, Macky Sall recently announced that he was not a candidate for a third term.
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