President Paul Biya on Wednesday
February 7th signed the Presidential decree announcing senatorial
elections. The decree signed yesterday by the Head of State summoning the
Electoral College indicated that senatorial elections will take place on March
25, 2018.
Speculations are high at who will
replace late Senator Jikong Stephen Yeriwa as senator for Donga Mantung
Division.
Senator Njikong as he was fondly called
hailed from Nwa sub division and was among the 70 senators that were elected into
Cameroons Upper House of assembly through the ballot box. Having served this
country in various capacities starting from a classroom teacher to University
don, technical adviser to the Prime Minister, it was painless for him to
influence the self-confidence of big wigs of the CPDM party. When his
candidature was endorsed to contest for the first ever senatorial elections in
the history of Cameroon, everyone was sure he would make a good senator. But
God decided otherwise and after his dead, the billion dollar question that
occupies the minds of political analysts and politicians especially those of
Donga Mantung extraction now is; who will wear the shoes of the late Senator Njikong
Stephen Yeriwa as elections have been summoned for March 25, 2018. Several
political parties are likely to present candidates for the elections in Donga
Mantung Division.
However, since only councilors are
legible for voting, the electoral tussle will likely be between the CPDM and
the SDF parties. The Nkambe, Nwa and Misaje councils are managed by the CPDM
while the Ako and Ndu councils are managed by the SDF. It should be recalled
that in the last senatorial elections only two political parties contested in
Donga Mantung Division. The CPDM list headed by late Jikong Stephen won while
SDF list that had as substantive late Cheka Gladys lost. With the two
substantive candidates now of late, pundits have been wondering on the pedigree
of the candidates that the two political parties will enlist at the forthcoming
senatorial slated for March 25, 2018.
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NEXT: Pedigree of the candidates who will enter into Senator Jikong’s Shoes?)
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