Petit-Pays et les Sans
Visas, X-Maleya,Yemi Alade, Jovi, Richard King and a score of budding musicians
and traditional dance groups will perform at the first edition of the Bamenda
Music and Arts Festival. Talking to journalists today September 30, 2014 at the
Conference Hall of the Ayaba Hotel, the organizers confirmed that all contracts
have been signed with the artists. The CEO of Project New Bamenda, Walters
Tumngia said that the music and arts festival is organized by IN THE MOOV, a
product of the Project New Bamenda. He added that Project New Bamenda is a
label that carries a vision and reflects the dream of the city of Bamenda
adequately exploiting its rich human capital, cultural and agricultural
potentials. Walters announced that all is set for October 9 up to October 12,
2014 event. The avenue he added is the Bamenda Congress Hall. “The feedback is
good”. To him, the dream is coming true at last and that the project started
just as an idea. “We want Bamenda to have a new done in entertainment”.
The General Manager of
Ntabeng Cooperative Credit Union one of the veritable of Project New Bamenda
said the partnership is to develop new ideas and young people with ideas. It is
worth mentioning that the Ntabeng Cooperative Credit Union is working with
Project New Bamenda on 10 Successes. 10 Successes is a forum for business and
business incentives which connects stakeholders in different sectors of the
economy. The project he said is offering 100 loans to 100 participants as well
as empowers beneficiaries in management skills. “We have the ideas but the fear
not to succeed hinders us”. This project has been on air for long but many
young people have not registered. Registration he noted is at about 40% only.
The Ntambeng Credit Union he emphasized is the vision for youths.
On his part, Mustapha
said that an estimated FCFA 13.8 has been disbursed for artists. He confirmed
that all the artists listed would be present at the Bamenda Congress Hall. When
quizzed on whether the big names could not be a scam, he said “we have paid all the artists and contracts
have been signed”. The Divisional Officer for Bamenda II, the SDO for Mezam
he said has Okayed the event.
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