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