By Le Turbo Japhet
It was pomp and Fanfare in Nkambe
and Misaje as the 30th anniversary of President Paul Biya was not
only graced by the presence of Philemon Yang, Prime Minister, Head of
Government but also by the award of Excellence support Biya’s educational
policy.
While handing over the gifts to
meritorious students, Dr. Fuh Calistus Gentry, Central Committee Delegation
leader and Secretary of State in the Ministry of Mines, Industries and
Technological Development said that the best thing that ever happened to
Cameroon was the present educational policy promoted by President Biya. He said
the only way to show appreciation and gratitude to H.E Paul Biya on the
occasion of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of his accession
to power was to support his effort at providing education to all Cameroonians
wherever they might be. Minister Calistus Gentry was speaking last November 06
in Nkambe and in Misaje while offering scholarships to some 68 students amongst
whom were two traditional rulers from Ako and Kungi. The 68 most performing
students from some 22 secondary schools from across Donga Mantung were offered
30 000 each as scholarship for this school year, as part of activities marking
the 30th anniversary of President Paul Biya’s accession to supreme
magistracy. Speaking to a crowd of over 3000 militants, sympathizers and
students, Dr Calistus said how satisfied Donga Mantung was with President Paul Biya’s
performance at the helm of state in over 30 years. Since Biya wants to live for
posterity the education of the Cameroonian child, Dr Calistus decided to reward
performance in schools across the whole of Donga Mantung as part of massive
votes in favour of the Cpdm candidate at the last October 11 polls. The
scholarships which amounted to over 3 million fcfa had as objective to give
gratitude to President Paul Biya for piloting the ship of nation for 30 years
and also to raise the human resource base for Donga Mantung in the long run.
Impact
The scholarships, many people agree
in Donga MANTUNG came to meet a felt need. It should be recalled that when
Misaje was created some years ago the principal hard difficult times with poor
parents in collecting school fees. Dr Calistus then decided to foot the bills
and enrolment climbed in a short time from lees than 30 students to over 15000
today. In an apparent move to support the husband, Mrs Sally Gentry declared
during the anniversary celebrations that the husband is at his best mode when
he changes lives and that their family would be judged as successful not from
the number of cars or buildings they won but rather from the number of lives
they have changed, On his part the SDO for Donga Mantung, Ngone Ndode Mesape
Bernard congratulated the move by the Gentry family saying that it falls in
line with government policy for when more people are educated there is less
crime wave in society. He was optimistic that the anniversary gift to Donag
MANTUNG WAS the best so far and that government would continue to appreciate
such gestures.
The Unexpected in Misaje
It had never happened before but
history had it recorded that PM Yang made a surprising visit to Misaje on
November 6, 2012. As celebrations marking the 30th anniversary
celebrations of Paul Biya peaked to a degree in Misaje, the Prime Minister and
Head of Government made a surprise stop at Misaje considered over the years as
the bastion of the Cpdm in Donga MANTUNG TO THANK THEM FOR THE massive support
they gave the Cpdm candidate at the last October Presidential elections and to
encourage militants and party leaders to take the message of voter registration
seriously. The Prime Minister’s presence in Misaje ignited hope in the
militants of the CPDM and sympathizers as they came out massively to celebrate
with him. According to Central Committee Delegation leader, Dr Fuh Calistus
Gentry, the fact that the Prime Minister chose Misaje to commune with on this
day was proof that Misaje was an area that the Cpdm and Paul Biya could rely on
for future victories.
Philemon Yang’s Message
PM Philemon Yang told the people of
Misaje that SCNC is a bad party because any group that advocates for division
and not unity is not good at all. He said the CPDM has done alot and much more
has been earmarked and that some projects may not be executed due to the fact
that Government has devoted much money in supporting flood victims nationwide.
On Biya's 30 years in power which many say is too much, Yang Philemon told the
people of Misaje that even though Biya has been there for long, he has been
delivering the goods and there is no reason why he should not be there. He
praised CPDM militants and sympathizers in Misaje for their continuous support in
the CPDM and Paul Biya. He further called on the population to register
massively as soon as biometric registrations kick-start in their municipality. He
described Misaje as the bastion of the CPDM in Donga Mantung Division. In
reaction to the speech by the Mayor of Misaje who decried that the last census
results reduced the population of his municipality, PM Yang Philemon called on
the population to register massively so as to proof those figures wrong.
Enter Minister Fuh Calistus
Minister Fuh Calistus on his part thanked
the population for their massive turnout and continued that President Biya is
the guarantor of development in Cameroon. Accordingly, he cited a great number
of projects that have come and changed lives in the municipality. Dr. Fuh
Calistus also expressed gratitude to the population for the trust and
confidence in the CPDM and Paul Biya. He called on militants and sympathizers
to register massively in the electoral register so as to vote during the
upcoming local elections. He took time to explain to the population that with
the biometric, everyone is expected to go and personally register and not vice-versa.
Mbessa Conclave
Politics they say is a
systematic organization of hatred, and so it is practiced everywhere. Some politicians
of Mbessa extraction in Misaje we gathered held a conclave where they
threatened to divert their support if their voice in not considered in power
sharing. According to what we gathered the Mbessa conlave has as objective to
frown at the notion of imposing leaders on others at the base. Sources hinted
that the problem in Misaje is that of who will be the next Mayor and that power
alternation may not be respected following threats from Mbessa clan. The meeting
which took place at the residence of Mayor Nkenda Simon, we gathered is
intended to despise plans that mayoral position should be rotate among the
clans.
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Why did MP Yang not pass in Ndu, Nkambe before going to Misaje?The CPDM won in DOnga Mantung Division as a whole not only Misaje, God bless Donga Mantung
ReplyDeleteYang should have passed through Ndu, Nkambe before going to Misaje.The CPDM won in Donga Mantung not only in Misaje
ReplyDeleteEugene. PM Yang could not pass through Ndu and Nkambe because he knows the questions the population will pose at him?...like the horrible roads and the 30 years of Grand Promesses etc. Yang had to use the Njap by-paths to avoid being jeered by the enlightend Ndu and Nkambe population. What else???
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