By Fai Cassian Ndi
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| Fon Teche in Handshake with President Biya |
The President of
the North West Fons Union-NOWEFU, Senator Fon Teche Njei has again taken the
North West Region to higher height. This is the second time that NOWEFU
President has had the opportunity to offer a symbolic gift to President Paul
Biya on behalf of the North West Fons and the population of the Northwest. When President Biya was in Bamenda for the 50th
Anniversary of the Cameroon Armed Forces, Senator Fon Teche led the delegation
of North West fons to hand a public gift to the head of state. Last week on the
occasion of the 50th anniversary of reunification, NOWEFU stole the
show as Fon Teche Njei of Ngyemuwa handed another gift to the head of state. He
led a delegation of more than 10 fons to present the gift to President Biya.
The fact that NOWEFU delegation was the first to hand the gift to the head of
state was indicative of its leadership headed by Fon Teche. NOWEFU presented a
gift to the head of state which was a replica of the man, Paul Biya. After
handshakes with the head of state, Fon Teche Njei handed a sealed envelop to
the head of state. The Eye gathered from classified sources that this gift is
considered as a mayor accomplishment given that several delegations had booked
to hand gifts to the head of state but the civil cabinet rejected the offer.
Hear him presents the gift and members of his delegation to President
Biya:
“The President of
the Republic, Fon of Fons; Your Excellency, the First Lady, Ma-Mafor of the
Republic of Cameroon; Fons of the North West;
On behalf of all the
population of the North West Region, NOWEFU decided to present this gift to the
fon of fons, for all the marvellous jobs he has been doing to this nation.
First as the Number One manager of this country; secondly, as the
Guarantor of peace.
The peace we are enjoying in this country can never be paid for.
Your Excellency the
Fon of Fons, this gift is made out of precious stones, from all the shrines
palaces of the North West region. Your Excellency, we wish you many more years
at the helm of the state of Cameroon.
This gift is hand
to you by a selected delegation of fons:
We have:
Fon Angwafor of
Mankon, Fon Sehm Mbinglo of Nso, Fon Yuh of Kom, Fon Njoya Sama of Bamuka, Fon
Dr. Akam of Kai, Fon Ibrahim Nfor of Nkambe, Fon Abuhbi of Bafut, my humble
self Fon Teche Njei.
At the end of the
event, The Eye’s Fai Cassian met the President of NOWEFU and we started by
asking him the following questions.
Now, your highness, could you briefly present the gift to the people of
the North West Region, what was it all about?
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| Fon Teche leading NOWEFU delegation with gift |
The gift is made up of a wooden material plus precious stones from some
of the traditional shrines of the North West region. Thus, the gift of this
kind greatly represents the entire North West region. But if there is a traditional ruler who wants
to single out himself or disassociate himself from that gift, he is free to do
so; after all, we are in a democratic society.
Your gift went along with a special message for the Head of State. May
we know the content in the sealed envelop?
The message that accompanied the gift is that the Fons of the North West
will continue to support the unity that exists, the indivisible Cameroon.
Consequently, if there is anybody with the tendency of creating any form of
division in this country from the North West region, we the traditional rulers
of this region are saying no! We are for one and indivisible Cameroon.
Your Majesty could you give us an appraisal of the 50th anniversary of re-unification in
Buea as an eye-witness?
You saw it for yourself Mr. journalist. The occasion brought together
Cameroonians of all walks of life to celebrate 50 years of re-unification. They
came in their numbers to say yes Mr. President we have come to appreciate all
what you have been doing for the unity and peace reigning in our country.
Again, his speech was wonderful. His high level of bilingualism was
demonstrated and every Anglophone was indeed moved by the speech. President
Paul Biya remains the one who masters situations and knows where he belongs.
This is a man that so many people were criticizing but today if you look round,
everybody is running behind President Paul Biya. This is a man who has done a
great deal for this nation and Cameroonians are very conscious of this and are
wishing many more years as you could hear from the songs the women, men and
youths were signing as they march past the grandstand.
May we know what you discussed with the Head of State during your long
handshake with him shortly after the gift?
Laughs! These are private matters. The president of the republic is our
fon of fons and what fons do discuss in the palaces remain a secret. This
belongs to the secret society and no one should dare try to find out what the
exchanges were all about between the president of the republic and my humble
self as the president general of NOWEFU.
A word to your colleague fons who were sidelined in the selection of
those to present the gift in Buea?
Well, thank God I am not the one who did the selection. The Governor’s
office assisted us a great deal to come out with a carefully selected list of
eight fons to present the gift in Buea so as to avoid fons complaining of being
sidelined. Even myself, I was only informed of the list as the President
General of NOWEFU. So I want to tell the other Fons of the Region that they
were not sidelined by anyone as the State Protocol needed us to submit a list
of only eight Fons to present the gift. I think they should rather show
appreciation for the intervention of the administration to do the selection
than stay off only to send blames to the wrong direction. To me I think we are
together for the common good of the North West Region.
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