An atmosphere of anger and
dissatisfaction is reported in Boyo, Bui and Donga Mantung Divisions over the
violation of projects distribution appraisal procedure by some North West
elites living in Yaounde with aims to divert major projects allocated by the
Livestock and Fisheries Development Project-LIFIDEP to their localities. Sources
say while LIFIDEP established the criteria for the selection of localities to
benefit from the social infrastructural development based on the project appraisal
document, the Yaounde based elites have vowed that they must be the ones to
select beneficiary communities. According to the hinted that previously
selected projects sites in Boyo, Bui and Donga Mantung may register some
setbacks due to political influence from Yaounde. Oku, Misaje and Belo are said
to gotten the lion share of the projects to the detriment of other localities.
Matters reportedly came to a head last
weekend when the fon of Mbissa and Akweto stormed LIFIDEP office to express
their frustration over the obnoxious role played by the Yaounde elites to
deprive their communities from benefiting. The two fons who were accompanied by
their subjects questioned whether their villages have not been voting for the
CPDM. Before leaving Bamenda, the fons threatened that they are waiting for the
so-called Yaounde elites to come to them for votes. The Eye is aware that there
are plans in progress to displace the construction of two prominent cattle
markets to localities selected by the Yaounde elites. It is aired that the fons
also threatened that their subjects will stone them out whenever they come
begging for votes again.
It is even alleged that though the
Project Appraisal document states clearly that all social infrastructural
projects of the Livestock and Fisheries Development Project should target
Fulanis and grazers as well as sheep and poultry farmers, the said Yaounde
elites have been pressurizing LIFIDEP to divert the construction of two prominent
cattle markets in the region to their localities. The construction of the
Takijah and Binka cattle markets may suffer from the pangs of these political
elites. It is feared that with the political influence in the distribution of
the projects that do not respect the laid down procedure and criteria, LIFIDEP is
likely going to run into serious problems with the project funder, the Islamic
Bank. A classified source hinted that LIFIDEP after a stormy meeting with the
fons decided to redistribute some of the projects against the Yaounde elites
wish.
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