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| Cross section of the youths at Nkambe community hall |
There was euphoria in Nkambe where over
500 youths participated in a youth forum organized by Rogers Nforgwei. Drimp
Regional Youth Forum that took place at the Nkambe Community Hall on August 19,
2016 has gone into history as luminous test of the political hate that looms
large in (Wi)mbum land. Although the event was seen by Rogers Nforgwei’s own CPDM
elite(s) as a stage setting for his political aggrandizement, the rampant phone
calls calling for boycott fell on deaf ears.
Present at the Nkambe Community hall
were Fons of Nkambe, Kup, Sah, Bih, Kungi, Bongom and others sub chiefs who
were buried in the crowd.
Mayor of Nkambe, Ngabir Paul Bantar in a
welcome speech called on the youths to dream big in order to be productive
tomorrow. Ngabir Paul Bantar, used the opportunity to urge other elites to
emulate the example of Rogers Nforgwei to encourage youth empowerment.
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| Rogers addressing youths of Mbuwarr at Awafy Hotel |
However,
we gathered that the few misguided CPDM elite (names withheld) maneuvered in
the dark for the event to flop but their call for boycott was extremely
boycotted by the population who on the contrary showed proof of their
independence. This obnoxious plan to frustrate Drimp Regional Youth Forum we
were reliably informed was masterminded by a handful of elite based in some big
cities. They made rampant phone calls threatening that those who would dare
will be sacked from the party. “I am sure this man is after something” one
local official told this reporter. “Nkambe is like not free for all. We have
just observed that some of our local party officials are so arrogant that they
turn to challenge hierarchy. It is regrettable”, one councilor who preferred
not to be named told us. This extremely mind bugging call for boycott failed
woefully as majority Mbuwarr youths after learning of the scary attempt turned
out massively to participate. However, many Wimbum people of goodwill and
conscience have been asking whether something is not wrong with some of their
elite. To many, the funny story of asking people to boycott a youth empowerment
forum on alleged political aggrandizement is an unfathomable and a joke of a
very bad taste. Nevertheless,
since the success of any event of such magnitude depends on the personality who
organizes, Abanda Marcel defeated his detractors by showing that he is exceedingly
an intelligent mobilizer and a proactive youth leader and not king of youth
with three followers. Since conventional wisdom holds that when you transform
neglected things into an enviable art, others will want to dislodge you to reap
the fruits of what they did not plant; Rogers’ involvement in politics we
gathered is creating panic within the ranks of the CPDM. The unadventurous loom
is to charge the politicians and tacticians for this dreaded odium
politicum. If truth be told, the unfortunate is the fact that in Nkambe,
citizens don’t care to look inward a little. Whether or not they want to admit
it, political hate is a demand-driven happening. Rumour monger sell high and
the politicians are creating a big market for it. What is curious is that these
drummers are people who society look at them as models but yet they carryout
obnoxious practices to kill dreams. In raising eyebrows, giving the integrity
and public credibility that politics is a good game but played by bad people,
history had it recorded that all plans to frustrate Drimp Regional Youth Forum did
not only flopped but sent warning signals to the detractors who are being
unmask one after another. The truth is that those who have been ardent
militants of the CPDM in Nkambe confirmed that Rogers Nforgwei was even the
lone person who in the past was supporting local party activities. In 2011, he
made the Section proud when he doled out FCFA 8 million during the fundraising
in Bamenda in support of President Biya’s candidature. “He is and has remained
loyal CPDM” one of his followers told us in a chat.
What was however as fiasco, was the
Drimp Youth Soccer Championship. The football tournament was marred by poor organization,
planning. In fact everything was poor executed.(details soon)
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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