REACTION Youssou Ndour , " I asked the president to release me"

Asked by our colleagues in the RFM tonight, the former Minister of Tourism and Recreation , Youssou Ndour says " I asked the President Macky Sall to release me ." He cut short the debate and its dismissal of the government by President Macky Sall . The now ex- Minister of Tourism and Recreation and New Minister Advisor to the President thanked Abdoul Mbaye fired Sunday , saying the Senegalese people themselves "must recognition" for the work he has done over the past 18 months. Concerning the Department of Tourism that was in charge , Youssou said it has completed the " Recovery Plan ", presented to the President and former Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye . "This recovery plan was declined after a serious analysis and diagnosis has set up a highway for the next Minister of Tourism ," said Youssou Ndour . Noting that the tourism budget is 644 million CFA francs in his teaching and less before Youssou Ndour said his satisfaction at having " beaten" to bring it to two billion one hundred million CFA francs . " His " goal achieved " because "work is completed ," Youssou Ndour leaves "satisfied" a department that will now have to rely on a larger budget outside the promotion and marketing of the tourist area. He stressed that his new position will not prevent him from engaging in these loves . Including freedom to find his world just show him the desire to see him at his side in the swearing superstar of world music with the Polar Prize awarded last Tuesday in Stockholm by King Gustav XVI of Sweden . Youssou Ndour has been appointed Minister of Culture and Tourism in April 2002, a few days after the victory of the candidate Macky Sall in the second round of presidential elections on 25 March 2012. He was then Minister of Tourism and Recreation in October of the same year . A position he held until the dismissal of Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye and his government last Sunday.
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