By Lamin Njie
Macky Sall has been re-elected as president of Senegal.
Demba Kandji of Senegal’s Court of Appeal on Thursday made a formal declaration of the February 24 poll with Sall securing 58 percent of the vote.
“This win is a great reward for President Macky Sall who worked hard throughout his 7 year term,” Aminata (Mimi) Touré, Head of Macky Sall 2019 Campaign told The Fatu Network while reacting to Sall’s victory on Thursday.
Sall’s victory has set the stage for his next challenge, his Emerging Senegal agenda. The agenda entails placing Senegal as one of the biggest economies in Africa by 2035.
According to Toure, Sall brought “economic growth from less than two percent in 2012 to 7.2 percent in 2017.”
“His social program is revolutionary and targets segments that never benefited from any state service,” Toure said.
“He brought water, road health, education to neglected populations. He renewed infrastructures and brought state of the art transport system. His visionary programs combined with effective implementation methods brought progress and well-being to masses.”
Many analysts before the election have said Macky Sall’s re-election was a matter of course.
“For many it was expected that Mr Sall was going to win the election. So with the announcement this afternoon by Demba Kandji of the Dakar Court of Appeals, it is no surprise to many,” Adolphus Mawolo a journalist working with regional broadcaster West Africa Democracy Radio based in Dakar told The Fatu Network.
