Organisation du 4 Avril à Thiès : La colère du maire de Thiès-Est contre le maire Babacar Diop
Preparations for the April 4th, 2026 parade in Thiès are sparking heated tensions among municipal officials. Just weeks before the independence celebrations, the controversy is escalating within the region's local authorities.
The mayor of Thiès-Est, Ousmane Diagne, has stepped forward to denounce what he considers to be a unilateral and exclusionary management of the organisation process by the mayor of the city, Babacar Diop.
Speaking to the press, Ousmane Diagne accused his counterpart of trying to make this national celebration a personal matter, by multiplying initiatives without involving the other mayors of the region. According to him, the institutional meetings and steps taken at the highest levels of government were carried out without consulting all the local authorities concerned.
“The national holiday belongs to no one. It cannot be used as a springboard for individual ambitions,” he declared, arguing that the region could not be represented by a single mayor. He even spoke of an unacceptable hijacking of the region’s voice.
The mayor of Thiès-Est recalls that previous April 4th celebrations organized in the railway capital, notably in 1979 and 2004, had fueled hopes for structuring development for the entire region.
For him, the 2026 edition must go beyond symbolic events and translate into concrete investments. Among the priorities mentioned by Ousmane Diagne are road rehabilitation, the construction of a level 4 hospital, the improvement of health centers, the reduction of overcrowded schools, and industrial development to provide stable jobs for young people.
Ousmane Diagne also called on the administrative and military authorities to ensure respect for fairness and inclusion in the organizational process.
While expressing his gratitude to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye for choosing Thiès as the host city, he calls for the establishment of an inclusive and representative technical committee, involving all the local authorities in the region.
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