Ivory Coast: Prime Minister Patrick Achi has resigned – RFI

Published on: 04/13/2022 – 15:15 A new government is expected next week. This ministerial reshuffle was expected and had been discussed since the beginning of 2022. With our correspondent in Abidjan, Pierre Pinto During the Council of Ministers, President Alassane Ouattara declared that he accepted the resignation of his head of government. He announced the formation of a new government with a new Prime Minister for next week. This government team will be smaller than the last, warned the president. government ministers,” added the Head of State. Alassane Ouattara has indicated that he intends to reorient government action towards social resilience and security. The outgoing government has 41 members, 37 ministers and 6 secretaries of state. The next one will therefore be reduced. A few questions remain unanswered: who will be the next Prime Minister? Will Patrick Achi be renewed? If not, who will replace him, and what will be the new function of the outgoing head of government? Many answers are expected from Tuesday, since Alassane Ouattara must speak in Yamoussoukro in his traditional address to the Parliament meeting in Congress. In the meantime, the President Ouattara paid tribute to his government team and more particularly to his resigning Prime Minister. “Throughout the past year, despite the specific conditions linked to the (Covid-19) pandemic and a complex regional security context, you have shown commitment and determination. For several months, rumors of a reshuffle had been rife in Abidjan. Patrick Achi arrived in this position in February 2021. He first acted as interim for Hamed Bakayoko when the latter was receiving treatment in France and Germany. Patrick Achi was appointed head of the Ivorian government on March 26, 2021.