Burkina Faso’s Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré rejects salary of a President

According to reports, the President of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré has decided to keep his salary as a captain after being inaugurated as a President.

Little is known about Captain Traore and his colleagues who removed the ex-president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba of Burkina Faso by a coup.

According to the Council of Ministers, the President want to maintain his salary as his military rank demands not as the President of Burkina Faso.

They face gigantic challenges to alleviate hardship in one of the world's poorest countries where drought, food shortages and creaking health and education systems provide daily challenges for millions.

During the inugural ceremony, Ibrahim Traoré said “our aims are none other than the reconquest of territory occupied by these hordes of terrorists.”

Even though, Ibrahim Traoré came to power through the military way, but the masses of Burkina Faso applauded his courage and hope.

His viewed as a replica of Thomas Sankara who died years ago in the capital of Ouagadougou through fire arms.