Polycarpe Abah Abah

At the head of this mega-structure (actually the juxtaposition of two large ministerial departments, and under the authority of the Head of State, in application of its directives and instructions), the country's public finances are being cleaned up. . The main indicators of the economy go green with a GDP growth rate ranging from less than 2% on arrival to more than 4% three years later. The inflation rate, meanwhile, is less than 2% at my departure.

The mission assigned to me being to implement all tax reforms. Under my direction, the revenue of the tax administration is multiplied by three in less than 6 years, from 250,000,000,000 CFA francs in 1998, to more than 750,000,000,000 CFA francs in 2004.

I continued to carry out the same activities that I held at the Presidency of the Republic. Cumulatively with these functions, I am appointed chairman of the National Commission for Tax Reforms in Cameroon, which commission designed and defined the framework, as well as the rules that currently apply in Cameroon in tax matters.

I was placed in charge of monitoring the activities of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, as well as relations with development partners ( World Bank and International Monetary Fund) ) as part of the government's structural adjustment program.

I was in charge of oil division of the Tax Department as responsible for setting up the petroleum tax system in Cameroon. It works in close collaboration with the National Hydrocarbons Company in setting up an oil tax system. The oil that had just been discovered was then part of the state secret, which will earn me a long-term appointment as State Director on the SNH Board of Directors, a position I leaves only when I was named MINEFI