L©raba: The population of Dakoro, a rural commune in the L©raba province, held a blessing ceremony on Saturday, May 24, 2025, for the new police station it has just received. The High Commissioner of the L©raba province, Yacouba Sawadogo, was accompanied by his predecessor, the High Commissioner of the Kourw©ogo province, Mahamadi Congo.

According to Burkina Information Agency, the municipal authorities of the province marked their presence to honor, on Saturday, May 24, 2025, the blessing ceremony of the new police station welcomed with immense joy by the population of Dakoro, a rural commune located 30 km south of Sindou, capital of the province of L©raba.

“This new police station is seen as a dream come true. We’ve been wanting to have a police station for over 50 years. Today, it’s a reality in my lifetime,” said Dakoro chief Yaya Ouattara.

The customary leaders, the land chiefs accompanied by the village chief, proceeded to a libation and the immolation of a rooster to implore the spirits of the ancestors to accept the well-being of the police on the land of Dakoro.

In turn, the religious leaders of each community reiterated their blessings for the smooth running of the activities that the police will carry out in the exercise of their duties in this commune. Yaya Ouattara called on the population in his area to cooperate well with the agents who will come to work there.

The High Commissioner of the province of L©raba, Yacouba Sawadogo, called on the people of Dakoro to unite behind their leader who is working as a leader for the development of this part of the province.

It is worth noting that it is thanks to the town hall of the said municipality that the construction of the infrastructure of this police station saw the light of day from 2019 to 2020. Built on an area of 1.5 hectares, it includes, among other things, a main fence, a borehole, external toilets and a main building.

In addition to this, the municipality was able to equip it with three motorcycles, a computer, a printer and some office furniture. “The construction of the commissioner’s residence is planned,” said the president of the special municipal delegation, Daniel S©b©go.

One of the highlights was the formal initiation of the High Commissioner of Kourw©ogo Province, Mahamadi Congo, by the chief of the village of Dakoro, as a prince and his advisor. For him, the High Commissioner deserves more than that because of the commitment he has shown to the development of L©raba in general and Dakoro in particular.