Libreville’s 2025 administrative accounts show surplus as new leadership takes charge
The momentum of stability appears to be gathering pace at Libreville’s City Hall. In a session held yesterday in the Jean-Félix Lassy chamber, municipal councillors convened to review and adopt the administrative and management accounts for the 2025 fiscal year. The meeting, attended by Estuaire Province Governor Marie-Françoise Dikoumba, unfolded against a backdrop of significant political shifts within the municipality.
Earlier this April, the rejection of the 2026 draft budget by a broad majority of councillors triggered a political reshuffle. This led to the resignation of the executive team led by Pierre Matthieu Obame Etoughe and the election of a new leadership under Eugène Mba. Now, with the atmosphere noticeably calmer, councillors have resumed their duties in line with the decentralization law, which mandates the review of the previous year’s accounts during the first ordinary session of the calendar year.
At the start of proceedings, Mayor Eugène Mba emphasized the importance of the administrative account. He described it as a comprehensive record of all budgetary operations carried out during the fiscal year, enabling a clear comparison between projected revenues, actual collections, and committed expenditures.
Surplus achieved despite leadership transition
For the 2025 fiscal year, the budget—initially set at 25.623 billion FCFA under the special delegation—was later adjusted with an additional 500 million FCFA. The final administrative account presented to councillors reveals a positive management result of 1.311 billion FCFA. Though not in office during the fiscal year in question, Mayor Mba invoked the principle of public service continuity to justify overseeing the financial review and presenting the report to the council.
He urged councillors to evaluate the documents with diligence and responsibility. In addition to approving the administrative and management accounts, the council was tasked with reviewing a proposal for the Mindoubé commercial complex—a project municipal authorities frame as a driver for economic activity and a means to bolster the city’s financial resources.
