Dear Invitees;
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today is a very bright day for our party, CPDM -USA. We are finally here in Houston; the city
where our militancy began in the United States under the leadership of our
distinguished senior comrade, Jude Eze Okafor, founder of CPDM USA. We are here
not only to hold the first Section Conference under my leadership, but to
celebrate our unofficial creation of our party in the United States of America,
which started here in Houston. Comrades we areequally here today to celebrateCameroon’s
National Day, May 20th, in the South Central Subsection---newly-created
in November 2016 with its headquarters in Houston, Texas. Further, we want to
express our profound gratitude tofirst, our comrades in the South Central Subsection
for accepting the privilege to host our first-ever Section Conference and secondly,
we thank all our militants who have made an enormous sacrifice by exchanging
their time and money for militancy. We are highly honored by your presence, to
say the least. And on behalf of the Section, I say thank you to each and every
one present here today. And to those who are not with us today, I pray they
make it in the next conference. The state of our party here in the United
States is Strong. Our party is the best party because of its democratic values.
Fellow
Comrades,
during the elections of last year, my team ran on the following platform: (a) to
grow
the militancy of the party (b) to enable Cameroonians obtain Dual
Citizenship (c) to create structures that will facilitate the Section’s
activities (d) to lobby for a Permanent Diaspora Seat in the Cameroon
Parliament and Senate and, (f) to lobby for Consular Offices in Houston and
Atlanta in order to attend to the growing needs of Cameroonians and
Corporations in these areas that can do business in Cameroon.
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| Yaah Patience Tamfu Section President |
Dear
Comrades and Distinguished Invitees, these are some of the things that our
Section intends to pursue and we hope that together, we can enable all of the above
items and many more that may come out during this conference.
So far, we have already set up
committees that are working diligently to address some of our projects; and
these committees shall form the basis of our party structure here in the United
States. The following committees are now in existence: Political Affairs,
Health, Economic and Investment, Education, Science and Technology, Youth,
Project etc. We encourage militants with specific expertise to join any of our
vibrant committees so they could express their opinions from within. I will not
expand on any of the committee initiatives because their Chairs shall be
presenting elaborate reports on their respective projects.
Whenever Cameroonians in the diaspora request
for the government of Cameroon to address critical issues that they face, and
it is addressed, we owe the government gratitude. This is the reason why we are
extending gratitude to the Cameroon governmentfor extending to Cameroonians in
the Diaspora, a Diaspora Voting Rights,
to Cameroonians living abroad. With
this act, Cameroonians abroad can now participate and effect a change by voting
for candidates of their choice whom they believe can bring desired changes that
will enhance the livelihood of Cameroonians. In light of many other changes to
come, the Section Bureau has therefore adopted a New Vision; to act as facilitators
across party lines, to enable investors to come with businesses to develop our
Cameroon. That is why the theme of this conference is ‘CPDM USA: facilitator of healthcare and development in Cameroon.’As
Cameroonians, whether you belong to the CPDM-ruling party or not, you must
imbibe the spirit of patriotism, paramount in nation-building.
The CPDM is undoubtedly the strongest party in Cameroon today and in the
diaspora. We intends to make it even stronger by acting as facilitators or
enablers to positive changes and development.We intend to bring more investors
to Cameroon and make our great Country a better place for our citizens. In
order to help CPDM-USA achieve its goals, theleadership of the Section is
therefore calling on all militants, to be united, devoted, and to remain
focused and determined their initiative to build a one and indivisible party
and Cameroon. All Branch Presidents must hold their monthly meetings and report
to the subsection. So too shall the Subsections hold meetings and report to the
Section. The Section in its turn needs to transmit the activities of the
branches, subsections, and sections to the Central Committee. This is what we
call Party Activism.
Finally, we want to conclude by reiterating that this Conference is to
celebrate our National Day, the 20th unofficial celebration of our
party’s militancy in the UnitedStates of America, championed by our hero, Mr.
Jude Eze Okafor. I want to take this opportunity, on behalf of my Bureau, to
encourage all Subsection leaders to organize their respective Subsection
conferences. Let us celebrate this remarkable moment as we deliberate and
reflect on the important issues affecting our great party, the CPDM. Once more
you are all welcomed to this conference and I
Wish everyone an enjoyable rest of
conference.
Long
Live the Republic of Cameroon,
Long Live the CPDM party
Yaah Patience Tamfu
Section President
CPDM-USA
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