Professors Sanni Yaya, Jude Eggoh, and Blaise Gnimassoun are mobilizing a network of over 200 scholars and researchers around the world (see list below) in support of Romuald Wadagni’s candidacy.
We, the signatory academics of this platform, deeply believe that there are moments when a nation does not simply choose between men, but between trajectories.
Benin is at a crossroads today.
After a decade of profound transformations, our country has shown that it can break with fatalism, restore the credibility of public action, and lay the foundations for solid and inclusive development. However, this trajectory, promising as it may be, remains unfinished and, in many respects, reversible. To be consolidated, it requires constant vigilance, demanding lucidity, and renewed ambition.
That is why, faced with uncertainties, we reject the sirens of doubt and choose responsibility, rigor, and vision.
The project led by Romuald Wadagni, beyond its clarity and precision, meets this requirement. It is not a gamble, but a controlled and ambitious continuity: that of a Benin that consolidates its achievements while taking a decisive new step in its economic development and sustainable improvement of living conditions for the population.
This project stands out for its great technical and strategic coherence, rigorously articulating economic transformation, human capital valorization, and governance quality. Its territorial anchoring, combined with an assumed continuity of initiated reforms, reinforces both its credibility, readability, and operational scope.
We call for support for a vision that places at the heart of public action the structural transformation of our economy, the valorization of each territory, and the creation of concrete opportunities for every citizen. A Benin where one no longer suffers their destiny, but where one can build it, wherever they live.
We strongly support Romuald Wadagni, whose program for education and sciences clearly outlines the path to a Benin based on knowledge, competence, and innovation, offering every young person the opportunity to transform their destiny and build that of the Nation.
We affirm our commitment to a Benin that bets on knowledge, intelligence, research, and innovation. A Benin where education is not limited to access, but becomes a true lever for emancipation and competitiveness. A Benin in which economic, political, and strategic decisions are based on rigorous academic expertise. A Benin that places human capital as the central pillar of its economic development in the years to come. A Benin where youth is not an abstract promise, but a force fully engaged in creating value and wealth.
We believe in a strategic state, both demanding and effective, capable of ensuring essential balances while unleashing the energies of the private sector. A state that protects without suffocating, regulates without hindering, and drives without substituting.
We believe in a development model that rejects exclusion, fights poverty at its root, and makes human dignity the heart of public action.
But beyond policies, a certain idea of Benin is at stake:
That of a confident, standing Benin, capable of projecting itself with ambition onto the world stage.
That of a Benin that no longer fears to innovate, invest, and transform.
That of a Benin that rejects any form of resignation.
In a world marked by uncertainties, our country needs clarity, coherence, and leadership. It needs a direction.
This direction exists. It is carried by a structured vision, recognized experience, and assumed ambition: to make Benin a strong, inclusive, and sustainable economy.
Because we know the cost of improvisation;
Because we understand the value of stability and credibility;
Because we believe in Benin’s ability to go further;
We solemnly call for a gathering around this ambition.
Further together, let’s choose the Benin that moves forward. No voice should be missing from this great historical rendezvous.
On April 12, let’s choose ambition: let’s vote for Romuald Wadagni.
List of signatories:
(Names of signatories and their respective titles and universities listed in the table)
