 With the rise of Francisco Fadul to the post of prime minister, he moves away from the government.In 1998, he was part of the Support Cell for the National Authorizing Officer of the European Development Fund and, being in charge of the infrastructure dossier, and; a year later he joined the World Bank staff for the Guinean Private Sector Rehabilitation and Development Project, where he stayed until 2004.With the victory of PAIGC, he is called to the government and assumes the functions of Minister of Public Works between 2004 and 2005.