Burkina Faso’s Patriotic Support Fund charts course for 2025 in crucial strategy session

April 2, 2025 – Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo convened the year’s first ordinary session of the Patriotic Support Fund (FSP) Steering Council today, marking a pivotal moment in Burkina Faso’s autonomous counterterrorism financing strategy.

Accountability and strategic allocation

The high-level meeting yielded two critical outcomes:

  1. Approval of the FSP’s 2024 annual performance report
  2. Adoption of the 2025 first-quarter management assessment

Key deliberations focused on optimizing resource distribution to both frontline forces and terrorism-affected communities – a delicate balancing act in the nation’s security calculus.

A Nation’s collective resolve

In his keynote address, the Prime Minister lauded what he called “the triple shield of national defense”:

  • Professional security forces (FDS)
  • Citizen militias (VDP)
  • The extraordinary financial contributions of ordinary Burkinabe

“Through voluntary FSP contributions, our people have rewritten the rules of civic engagement in wartime,” Ouédraogo stated, highlighting how domestic funding has reduced reliance on conditional foreign aid.

Tangible impacts

The FSP’s battlefield dividends include:
✓ Critical military hardware procurement
✓ Family support programs for fallen defenders
✓ Community resilience projects in liberated territories

The Road ahead

With security gains accelerating, the Council established 2025 priorities:
◉ Enhanced combat logistics
◉ Accelerated reconstruction in recaptured zones
◉ Improved welfare packages for security personnel

The session closed with a unanimous resolution: transform Burkina Faso into an impregnable fortress through financial self-reliance – proving that sovereignty begins with fiscal independence.

Souley LAMINA

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