The Senegalese government plans to double the envelope for the Family Security Grants (Bourses de sécurité familiale) to 140 billion FCFA in 2027, up from 70 billion in 2026, in the draft finance bill made public on 15 October. The proposed increase comes as total state spending is due to fall.
The document sets a target of 1,000,649 vulnerable households for the cash transfer scheme. The doubling concerns its overall envelope. These are credits proposed for next year, not sums already paid out to families.
The bill also plans to refocus electricity subsidies on low-consumption households and small-capacity professionals, through a targeted social tariff. Support for domestic butane, particularly for small cylinders, is to be preserved.
Budget spending is projected at 7,363.7 billion FCFA, down 2.9% from the adjusted 2026 finance law, according to figures also reported by Le Soleil. Revenue would reach 6,012.1 billion, up 2.8%.
The state's financing requirement would remain high, at 6,608.7 billion FCFA. Repayment of debt principal accounts for 4,552 billion of this, to which are added, among other items, the financing of the deficit and the clearing of 480 billion in domestic arrears, according to the presentation of the bill published by Le Soleil.