Vincent Ndumu Nji, the
Government Delegate to the Bamenda City Council is currently tussling over
paper work to uncover the sum of FCFA 317 million purportedly missing from the
council coffers. Allegations are rife at that the colossal sum of FCFA 317
million disappeared during the tenure of three different municipal treasurers. Since
nothing is as secret as the management of funds in councils, where the
Municipal Treasurers always play the bosses, one of the treasurers is mentioned
to have left a shortage of FCFA 221 million, while two other former treasurers
also left a deficit of FCFA 98 million and FCFA 52 million respectively. Yet it
was difficult to detect the deficit until when recently auditors from the
Ministry of Finance stormed the council to uncover the financial mess. Whether the money was trafficked by those in
the line of control remains another puzzle. The First Assistant SDO for Mezam
during the last administrative, management and store accountant accounts is
quoted to have advised the Vincent Ndumu Nji should write to the Minister of
Finance to look into the issue.
However, tongues are still
waging in Bamenda over the financial mess at the Bamenda City Council. Yet public
opinion in Bamenda holds that those in the line of control should be included
on the list of suspects. Another school of thought holds that while the
treasurers are being followed up, those in the line of control could be
questioned and investigated for negligence of duty.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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