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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Confirmed!! FCFA 54.6 Billion for the Construction of Kumba-Mamfe Road

By Fai Cassian Ndi
Sources in the Ministry of Public Works in Yaounde have confirmed that the construction of the Kumba-Mamfe road has been awarded to two Chinese companies, namely China Communications Construction Company LTD-CCCC, and the Jiangsu Provincial Transportation Engineering Group. 
It has been confirmed that the Minister of Public Works, Patrice Amba Salla signed a deal with the above companies. According to the deal, CCCC will receive FCFA 32.6 billion for the first phase of the project will Jiangsu Provincial Transportation Engineering Group gets FCFA 22 billion   for the second phase  which covers 46.8 km. The contract is expected to last for a period of 36 months. It is alleged that 27 companies competed for the two lots and the two Chinese companies were selected and awarded the contract. 

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Monday, February 24, 2014

At Last Kumba-Mamfe Road Gets Government Attention

By Marcbright Nfor
The Kumba-Mamfe road which is the popular cry of the Manyu people has caught the attention of government and sources say the contract for the construction of the Kumba-Mamfe road has been awarded. The Kumba-Mamfe road like the Loum-Kumba road and the Kumba-Mudemba road have been a nightmare to the people of the South West Region. For 53 years, the political elite(s) of the South West Region who are appointed from Yaounde have always told President Biya the wrong side of the story. Although lots of political promises have been made on the tarring of the Kumba-Mamfe road, nothing has so far been done. However, it has finally been confirmed that the contract for the tarring of the Kumba-Mamfe road has been awarded to two Chinese Companies as hinted above and not that the contract was signed in Nfor Tabetando’s palace as rumoured. This piece of information was confirmed over the state TV newscast at 8:30 pm today February 24, 2014. The report further states that construction work on the Kumba-Mamfe road will begin by May 2014. Notwithstanding, we are still to lay hands on the contract awarded and the total cost of the contract. 
A school of thought holds that this was the opportunity Ekema Patrick, the mayor of Buea missed. The scale of the problem Ekema faces after delivering that low graded speech has sparked controversy among Southwesterners and has attracted a lot of media critics. Yet President Biya has finally rescued the Buea mayor by hastening work on the Kumba-Mamfe road. However, skeptics say anything can happen given that when President Biya announced that he was going to supervise the tarring of the Ring Road, it took fifteen years for him to come to Bamenda to meet his un-kept promises. 
On February 20, it was expected that an elected mayor of Buea, Ekema Patrick Esunge should present the litany of problems not only facing Buea council area but the entire South West Region with the Kumba-Mamfe road highlighted. Many thought Ekema had the golden opportunity that while appreciating Paul Biya for what he has done for Buea, would equally tell him how nowadays to travel from Manyu to Buea, one has to pass through Bamenda and Bafoussam.  It is a fact that the Kumba-Mamfe road is impassable.

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How Fon Teche Created The Unexpected on Behalf of NW Region in Buea

By Fai Cassian Ndi
Fon Teche in Handshake with President Biya
The President of the North West Fons Union-NOWEFU, Senator Fon Teche Njei has again taken the North West Region to higher height. This is the second time that NOWEFU President has had the opportunity to offer a symbolic gift to President Paul Biya on behalf of the North West Fons and the population of the Northwest.  When President Biya was in Bamenda for the 50th Anniversary of the Cameroon Armed Forces, Senator Fon Teche led the delegation of North West fons to hand a public gift to the head of state. Last week on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of reunification, NOWEFU stole the show as Fon Teche Njei of Ngyemuwa handed another gift to the head of state. He led a delegation of more than 10 fons to present the gift to President Biya. The fact that NOWEFU delegation was the first to hand the gift to the head of state was indicative of its leadership headed by Fon Teche. NOWEFU presented a gift to the head of state which was a replica of the man, Paul Biya. After handshakes with the head of state, Fon Teche Njei handed a sealed envelop to the head of state. The Eye gathered from classified sources that this gift is considered as a mayor accomplishment given that several delegations had booked to hand gifts to the head of state but the civil cabinet rejected the offer.
Hear him presents the gift and members of his delegation to President Biya:
“The President of the Republic, Fon of Fons; Your Excellency, the First Lady, Ma-Mafor of the Republic of Cameroon; Fons of the North West;
On behalf of all the population of the North West Region, NOWEFU decided to present this gift to the fon of fons, for all the marvellous jobs he has been doing to this nation. First as the Number One manager of this country; secondly, as the
Guarantor of peace. The peace we are enjoying in this country can never be paid for.
Your Excellency the Fon of Fons, this gift is made out of precious stones, from all the shrines palaces of the North West region. Your Excellency, we wish you many more years at the helm of the state of Cameroon.
This gift is hand to you by a selected delegation of fons:
We have:
Fon Angwafor of Mankon, Fon Sehm Mbinglo of Nso, Fon Yuh of Kom, Fon Njoya Sama of Bamuka, Fon Dr. Akam of Kai, Fon Ibrahim Nfor of Nkambe, Fon Abuhbi of Bafut, my humble self Fon Teche Njei.
At the end of the event, The Eye’s Fai Cassian met the President of NOWEFU and we started by asking him the following questions.

Now, your highness, could you briefly present the gift to the people of the North West Region, what was it all about?
Fon Teche leading NOWEFU delegation with gift 
The gift is made up of a wooden material plus precious stones from some of the traditional shrines of the North West region. Thus, the gift of this kind greatly represents the entire North West region.  But if there is a traditional ruler who wants to single out himself or disassociate himself from that gift, he is free to do so; after all, we are in a democratic society.

Your gift went along with a special message for the Head of State. May we know the content in the sealed envelop?
The message that accompanied the gift is that the Fons of the North West will continue to support the unity that exists, the indivisible Cameroon. Consequently, if there is anybody with the tendency of creating any form of division in this country from the North West region, we the traditional rulers of this region are saying no! We are for one and indivisible Cameroon.

Your Majesty could you give us an appraisal of the 50th anniversary of re-unification in Buea as an eye-witness?
You saw it for yourself Mr. journalist. The occasion brought together Cameroonians of all walks of life to celebrate 50 years of re-unification. They came in their numbers to say yes Mr. President we have come to appreciate all what you have been doing for the unity and peace reigning in our country.
Again, his speech was wonderful. His high level of bilingualism was demonstrated and every Anglophone was indeed moved by the speech. President Paul Biya remains the one who masters situations and knows where he belongs. This is a man that so many people were criticizing but today if you look round, everybody is running behind President Paul Biya. This is a man who has done a great deal for this nation and Cameroonians are very conscious of this and are wishing many more years as you could hear from the songs the women, men and youths were signing as they march past the grandstand.

May we know what you discussed with the Head of State during your long handshake with him shortly after the gift?
Laughs! These are private matters. The president of the republic is our fon of fons and what fons do discuss in the palaces remain a secret. This belongs to the secret society and no one should dare try to find out what the exchanges were all about between the president of the republic and my humble self as the president general of NOWEFU.

A word to your colleague fons who were sidelined in the selection of those to present the gift in Buea?

Well, thank God I am not the one who did the selection. The Governor’s office assisted us a great deal to come out with a carefully selected list of eight fons to present the gift in Buea so as to avoid fons complaining of being sidelined. Even myself, I was only informed of the list as the President General of NOWEFU. So I want to tell the other Fons of the Region that they were not sidelined by anyone as the State Protocol needed us to submit a list of only eight Fons to present the gift. I think they should rather show appreciation for the intervention of the administration to do the selection than stay off only to send blames to the wrong direction. To me I think we are together for the common good of the North West Region. 

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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Charles Ateba Eyene: The Man Who Lived to the Dictates of His Conscience

By Fai Cassian Ndi
Charles Ateba Eyene
After having spent several weeks at the Yaounde University Hospital fighting against death, the brave and fearless Charles Ateba Eyene finally kicked the bucket on Friday, February 21, 2014. As to what or whose hand is behind the killing of this famous writer and politician only God alone can tell.  Speculations are rife that Charles ateba Eyene suffered from heart problems, others have aired that he died of kidney failure. Yet his close friends say he was suffering from malaria. Notwithstanding the public is anxiously waiting for hospital officials to tell the world what exactly killed Charles Ateba Eyene.
Widowed since 2009, Charles Ateba Eyene died leaving behind many kids and friends to mount him. It should be recalled that Charles Ateba Eyene was one of the most prominent political figures in Cameroon. Originally from the South region, he was a CPDM militant who would never pretend to say “yes” when it is supposed to be ‘no”... More than just a militant, he was part of the inner circles of Central Committee of the CPDM. But his many courageous ways of addressing issues and against the system and governments made ​​him a militant "uncontrolled" of the CPDM.
Even though controversial he was revered emblematic figure in the media and the popular strata in public sphere. Outspoken as he was, Charles Ateba Eyene was a staunch supporter of President Paul Biya and ideal of National President of the CPDM, a rather atypical militant who sometimes do not hesitate to open fire against his own camp. This type of militantism made him the chouchou of Cameroonians. Those who hanged on the CPDM to do wrong knew they had someone ready to denounce their acts given that Charles was always readily reminding them that they should not fool President Biya. He was also one of the few CPDM militants to consider that the changeover at the head of the state and the age of Paul Biya are not taboo.
When René Sadi, then general secretary of the Central Committee of the CPDM proposed Charles Ateba Eyene as a member alternate member of the Central Committee, Paul Biya did it.

At 42, Charles Ateba Eyene alias “Tara” who claimed he had spent “24 years of active militancy" in the CPDM died frustrated. Not frustrated that he was poor but as a young leader who waited for the tomorrow that never came for him to assume a real public office. Cameroon is handicapped by his departure. Courageous he was and had never played the Pons Pilate. With over 20 books in his credit, he was a gigantic expressionist that helped in the advancement of democracy in Cameroon. The founding father of “club ethic” lived to the dictates of his conscience and he lived for something.

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Cry from the Wilderness for the Kumba-Mamfe Road

By Writam-pen
The money party lackeys (asshole-lickers) of the Biya regime as well as the (s) elected officials like to talk about how things will keep getting better. But when things happen contrary to what they said, they pull out the "S" word - sacrifice. Yet none of them is ready to sacrifice any of their privileges, positions, and power for others. When the Manyu delegation to the 50th Anniversary celebration of reunification was spotted passing through Bamenda, I recalled what Rick Gaber said about these people of the lie. He said that the politician is a type of creature known for its propensity to lie, exaggerate, embellish, and use all kinds of hysterical or bombastic attention-getting. There would be no exaggeration if the statement is contextualized to fit the plight of the beloved Manyu people and the floating banner in Buea welcoming President Biya.
I have often heard people say that it is outlawed to make significant opinion psychoanalysis on the neglect of the Kumba-Mamfe Road by the Biya regime and that making such a critical judgment is like writing satanic verses that lead to divine sentence. But let the word go forth from this time and medium to friends and enemies of progress alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation that will talk than die in silence. The cry from the wilderness is indicative that it is there that humanity lives.
During a standing discussion at Bongo Square, a young man said that the people of Manyu Division have been tempered with carelessness by the Biya regime. I understood he was aghast with the fact that for 53 years now, the people of the Old Mamfe Division now Manyu have reluctantly accepted the slow shame of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed and to which the nature of this country and the powers that be have imposed on them shamelessly. In fact if a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it can never save the few who are rich, says the impressionist.
When government institutions were the pillars of moral value, any public pronouncement of the Head of State was considered by all and sundry as part of the Presidential largess that the President dishes out every time he visits any locality. Such a pronouncement was considered as a symbol of decorum because such promises were immediately followed up and realized within the shortest time possible. It happened with the creation of the Bamenda University, the construction of the Bamenda Ring Road and the studies on the Menchum Fall. The Kumba-Mamfe raod is not just a nightmare but demands a week of serious fasting and prayer because you never know when you will get to your destination. I do not know whether it is the influence of the Western culture that has transformed government institutions into negating its people or influence of politics that has made Head of States to forget that where the road passes, development follows. However, anyone who would maladroitly sit on the fence to declare that the Kumba-Mamfe Road is not a necessity or a priority should be considered as being in a state of sin. Being a respecter of the institution that President Biya incarnates and the powers that he wields, I do not understand whether it is not another form of subjugation of the Anglophones.
Even though there is a statement in the Bible which states that people should pass round for judges on others, I believe it is often quoted out of context because the Bible still tells us that people should be judged if their acts are injurious. I am aware that this critical judgment analysis is badly needed. It is imperative because the Manyu people are weeping silently and the bells of anguish are being heard signaling that Manyu Division may cease to exist in the map of this country. I am also aware that this bit will offset many people, I mean the Manyu Vuvuzelas of the regime but it is a fact. Even so, who is even going to twist my arm for speaking the truth? Is it not a right for the people of Manyu to have a good access road and even enjoy more as a border Division?  Besides, should they not be compensated for voting the CPDM as it is claimed by the vuvuzelas. Or it is true that the rigging was massive as decried and indicated in security reports.
 Notwithstanding, if anyone takes this opinion for a misdemeanor, believe me it is a positive insult. And if today some of our leaders no more command the powers they use to exercise, it is because of the copious counterfeited promises they make. I recall how during the above mentioned standing discussion, a young girl of about 30 years, said the contract for the construction of the Kumba-Mamfe road was signed in Chief Nfor Tabetando’s palace. On the spot another young man contradicted her by saying that the contract will be awarded this year. I could not know where to put my head. It pains and kills my imagination as well as the picture post-card I got from my father that they decided to unite with La Republique because of what was happening up the roads. 53 years after reunification the situation of these roads are more pathetic than before. When I look across the river and see the road network, I cry for my Fatherland. When I see politicians taking false oaths because they have their interest to protect, I pity myself why I was born a Cameroonian. In fact I disagree with people who would say that it is the notion of personal aggrandizement that has pushed those who are closer to the regime to loose sight of reality. And to me, it is some sort of a mental torture that is being exercised on the ethnic person of the Anglophone.
The Manyu Division has had the privilege that produce Ministers and Directors in this country. Hoping to see any of them to create the unexpected like late Pefok who rejected a speech from the Yaounde cronies and doled out one from his pocket to tell President Biya what the Bamenda man thinks is like waiting for exhale. Anyone who has been on this road any of these days will agree that no pregnant woman can dare. The story of the Kumba-Mamfe road is not only that of pools of water; it is also dust. It may look pathetic but the truth is that traveling from Manyu to Kumba demands two sets of dresses, one for the mud or dust and another to wear at the destination. The state of nature of this road has made it in such a way that it is the nature of the weather that determines the transport fare.
Every similar proposal here has bogged down until it was too late to save any lives. Anything newspapermen can write about this in their own papers will help. It will help to save lives, the lives of people like ourselves. I wish I were eloquent, I wish I could put down on paper the picture that comes to me from the restrained of anger. I need not dwell upon the authenticated horrors of the Nazi internment camps and death chambers for Jews. That is not tragic but a kind of insane horror. It is our part in this which is tragic. The essence of tragedy is not the doing of evil by evil men but the doing of evil by good men, out of weakness, indecision, sloth, inability to act in accordance with what they know to be right.
The Kumba-Mamfe road, until it execution, actually presents the classic existential argument about the existence of God or a higher power: if he did and does exist, then the only natural choice is to become a disciple; but if he did not, and there is no afterlife, then life is meaningless outside the present moment. Hence, there is nothing to be done except to live every moment without a thought to the next. The state of nature of the Kumba-Mamfe Road has made Manyu Division an Island on land which makes them to feel and to be powerless to influence the life of society by which their own life is governed. Change can occur only by a great increase of participation and responsibility on the part of those who now are well fed and amused but are excluded from effective participation in political decisions or in the policies of the institutions and enterprises they work in.

Today, thinking and feeling are more and more separated from each other, and this separation leads either to an almost schizophrenic intellectualism or to a neurotic, irrational emotionalism. Only if emotions and reason are brought together can man function in a way which makes life interesting and hence creates the possibility of a productive life. To put it briefly, what Manyu people need is not speeches, if need be (s)elected officials with character and conscience not those who see nothing good in anything except in the form of bread.

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What if Fru Ndi Leads Southern Cameroons Struggle as 2nd Conclave with Biya Flops

By Fai Cassian Ndi
Jonathan Swift in his book Guliver's Travels invents creatures that he calls “flappers.” Their purpose is to insure that new ideas do not creep into the mind of the powerful. Swift was describing circular communication, which is essential to maintaining the bubble and or keep others away the truth. Speaking of life inside the bubble, if the SDF chieftain had any take home message from the Buea reunification celebrations it would certainly be how Biya cronies and the regime played the bubble. Expectations were high at that President Biya was to have the second tete-a-tete with Ni John Fru Ndi, SDF chieftain in Buea during reunification celebrations. Bookmakers had speculated that the second conclave would give room for the ruling CPDM to dialogue with the leading opposition. But commentators however hold that the anxiety which saluted their first encounter in December 2010 would not have been the same. Yet it came to past that the speculations came to null. This is so because Ni John Fru and his delegation left Buea unceremoniously. Perhaps very disappointed at what transpired. Before leaving Buea for Bamenda, SDF national chairman lambasted Biya and the CPDM for hijacking the reunification celebrations. SDF chairman told journalists that he was disappointed that heroes of Independence and Reunification were not recognized. Fru Ndi lavished sharp criticisms on the fact that no effigies, songs and slogans were produced to pay homage to the heroes of reunification. He said he was embarrassed that even in his speech President Biya could not even mention the names like President Ahmadou Ahidjo, Endeley, JN Foncha, ST Muna, Mbile etc

When the SDF delegation stormed out of Buea; they did not even partake in item 11. This was a sign of disappointment. One thing is clear that if there is any Anglophone politician who is conscious of the Anglophone marginalization, it is Fru Ndi. This is so because he has been a victim severally. When Fru Ndi won the Presidential election with 39% above Biya with 36%, he was refused the privy of becoming head of state. As compensation, he was placed under house arrest and a state of emergency was slammed on the Bamenda population. A certain minister whose name I have just forgotten described Anglophones as “enemies in the house”, and the SDO for Mfoundi ordered that Kah Walah, Fru Ndi and others should to go back to their own areas because Yaounde was not in the Southern Cameroons territory. In fact, pundits have said it and continue to say that there are some positions in this country that an Anglophone would never. Yet the SDF has all these years not learnt any lesson. The question as to whether Fru Ndi cannot lead the Southern Cameroon struggle for independence has surfaced again with the Buea incident. When Biya himself confirmed that Southern Cameroons gained its independence in 1961, it became clear why dictatorial regimes always obscure history. This is so because they would never want citizens to know the basic facts about their country. For example if the people know that they had a glorious past as compared to the deplorable situation, they will question why things are the way they are. The story goes that Louis who took power in France fell because his trappings were below those of Napoleon. In Cameroon, the Biya regime is reticent in allowing the people of Southern Cameroons know the truth about their past. In fact, pundits say it is only Fru Ndi who can restore a federal system in Cameroon or lead Southern Cameroons into self-rule. Will Fru Ndi listen to the desperate voices of Southern Cameroonians or play the game of the mastiff with Biya’s cronies. 


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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Last Minute Gossips from Buea: A Must Read

Country people, I hope you have heard the latest. Popol and Chantou left the former capital of the Southern Cameroon for Ngola after five nights. You know Popol said that Buea has always been close to his heart and not in his heart. Before leaving for Ngola, Popol received almost everybody. The MPs of the South West led by the Vice President of the National Assembly Hon. Lifaka, traditional rulers of the South West headed by Senator Fon Fontem, the shaking-spear mayor of Buea council, the SDOs of South West headed by Governor Okala and a delegation of the CPDM militants as usual. I saw some of them arguing over ngombo. Popol said nay to the North West boot-lickers who were still in Buea. Don’t ask me why the second tete-a-tete between Popol-John Ntarinkon could not take place as announced by your Writam-pen. John Ntarinkon was annoyed by the fact that Popol transformed the reunification celebration into a CPMD rally. So he decided to abandon his former friend reasons why he left immediately after the march-past. I hear the man and his delegation refused take part in item 11.John Ntarinkon was very bitter that instead of portraying the effigies of reunification heroes, all the songs, slogans and effigies were those of Popol. He even whispered to your Writam-pen that it is a pity that Popol could even promise the people of the Southwest a culvert. Don’t be surprise to hear that John Ntarinkon will over SCNC. If it happens then Popol will only have himself to blame because John Ntarinkon has been very patient all this while. I saw sadness on the foreheads of almost all Southwesterners. One traditional ruler just hinted me that Popol’s coming has instead spit South West. According to the hint people are now divided into four factions, the pro-Inoni, SCNC and pro-Popol. This is really a serious issue. I know you should be asking question about the much talked about PHD Popol was to grab from UB. The man sensed danger and turned down the offer. He wanted the issue to remain a secret. The VC is on a hot seat. And that she has just announced the UB graduation ceremony for March 22. I hope Popol will not knock his head before that day. As for Paddy, I hear he plunged into boosing as soon as Popol left.
His new name now is Mr. Everybody. You remember how he dashed the entire region into the gutter. Can you imagine that Paddy had the lone opportunity to present to Popol the sufferings of the entire South West and he dashed everything? Instead of talking about the Kumba-Mamfe road, the Limbe Deep Seaport and others, Paddy spent his time shaking over a piece of paper like Shakespeare and ended up asking Popol only to upgrade Buea council into a city council. The Ngola cronies of Popol dealt with him. In fact, I am sure that this guy was handpicked. Remember late Jumua Pefok, the Government Delegate to the defunct Bamenda Urban Council had that same opportunity and he used it wisely. He accepted a speech from Popol’s cronies when Popol was coming to Abakwa but when the moment came for him to present his speech; he removed one from his pocket and told Popol the truth about the Bamenda man. What happened next was that he was sacked from office but he lived and died as a true patriotic man. The Bamenda man will never forget late Pefok. I am sure if you ask Paddy’s name to many Southwesterners they would prefer not to call it. I saw what power can do in Buea. Kai walai!! Do you know that some people made billions of FCFA in Buea? I got a hint how at the Parliamentary Flat and Mountain hotel appointments were being sold like pieces of bread. Scammers scammed them well. Anyway it is stolen money.
I hear that some SCNC activists will send a motion of congratulation to Popol for rehabilitating their Presidency. Your Writam-pen also gathered that in the few days, except others SCNC will make public its government and that all ministers including the President must be residence in Southern Cameroons territory. 

RIP Charles Ateba Eyene. Where are all the young men going to? The other day it was Pappy Ndoumbe and now it is Charles Ateba Eyene. I am certain that someone is responsible-oooh. As I was putting this piece on paper while in the car, a friend of mine tweetted me the last tweet by Charles Ateba Eyene. If you have not read it, better read it. That one is more than the Marafaleaks. Oh what is this world so cruel na? I hope you know the White man Mayor. The former mayor of Ako Council Emimi Emmanuel Ekwe another personal friend is no more. He kicked the bucket yesterday. He worked in the Nigerian Army, then latter Cameroon Army, upon retirement; he worked with the United Nations and had a second retirement before he was voted mayor of Ako. He served the Ako council for two consecutive mandates from 2004-2013. 

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50th Anniversary of Reunification: Groundbreaking Celebrations in Nkambe

By Haruna Mohammadou

Ngone Ndodemesape Bernard
Ngone Ndodemesape Bernard, the Senior Divisional Officer for Donga Mantung Division was the presiding officer. The celebration started with a live projection of President Biya’s speech and was immediately followed by march-past led by the military. Over 20 primary schools and 12 colleges as well as professional institutions participated. Some political parties also participated in the march-past as well as those who were born in 1961 when the Plebiscite took place. In songs and slogans, the pupils and students poured praises on President Paul Biya. However, the only pathetic thing was that no slogan, song and or no picture the heroes like JT Ndzi, Fon Michael, others was exhibited for the youth to know the heroes who fought for independence and reunification. Echoes from Nwa, Ako, Misaje and Ndu also indicated that the ceremony was hitch-free. Talking to journalists at the end of the ceremony, the SDO for Donga Mantung expressed gratitude to the population, traditional rulers, religious groups and clergies for their massive turn out. According to Ngone Ndodemesape Bernard, the massive turn out was a clear testimony of the fact that everyone is in support of a one and indivisible Cameroon. Harping on the importance of national integration, the SDO summed up that “unity is strength”.

On his part the former mayor of Nkambe, Mangoh Jones Tanko who doubles as a historian told this reporter that history is all about facts. According to Mangoh Jones Tanko, the reunification speech by the head of state did not talk much about the history of La Republique nor the Southern Cameroons. “I was also waiting for President Biya to address the Anglophone problem but he did not”. He said he is hoping that after this celebration President Biya will see into it that Anglophones are appointed to head ministries like Defence, Agriculture, Education, Finance etc which for the past 53 years no Anglophone has been appointed to any.  

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Southern Cameroons Independence Recognized

By Ayah Paul


The President of la Republique du Cameroun told the world on December 31, 2009, that the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Independence of la Republique du Cameroun was “a prelude” to the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of “Reunification”. Otherwise put, the main event was the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of “Reunification”. 
We tell no tale that some ten foreign heads of state attended the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Independence of la Republique du Cameroun. That event being a mere “curtain raiser”, (a prelude, if that is preferable), it goes without saying that the presence of a bigger number of foreign heads of state at the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of “Reunification” would be as of course. But what was the reality on the ground when the day did come? 
Not only did not even a single foreign head of state attend the said celebration, but even a single junior member of staff of any one international organization did not attend. And apart from a handful of junior members of staff of an insignificant number of foreign embassies who were in Buea, perhaps, for sight-seeing or out of curiosity, foreign ambassadors boycotted the event in a manner most telling. The reasons are clear and unambiguous!
It would be remembered that Southern Cameroonian leaders did serve a letter on virtually all embassies in Yaounde, the Capital of la Republique du Cameroun, and on international organizations worldwide, urging them not to attend the fictitious occasion on their land. The letter was thorough that Southern Cameroons is a contiguous country to la Republique du Cameroun; and that the leader of that country had no jurisdiction over their land. In keeping with that letter and in recognition that southern Cameroons is a country in its own right, foreign heads of state have boycotted the event just as much as international organizations that were duly notified.
All that is now left for Southern Cameroonian leaders to do expeditiously is to form a government and consolidate the recognition so peacefully and legally acquired! They may wish to take note that no moment can ever be more propitious! What transpired during the “event” is not any less telling!
The few misguided Southern Cameroonians who, with avidity for food and drink, attended the occasion, are exceedingly furious, smarting from their mistreatment of having been lodged in dusty classrooms without beds, water, toilets, food or drinks instead of the three-star hotels promised them. Nor are they any less trembling with anger that the money promised them did truly cascade freely down like manna from heaven before their own eyes, only to mysteriously and miraculously land on the highest rung down to the rung where mayors did spread impermeable nets horizontally from Lake Chad to the sea, and from the east side of the “triangle” to the west side, without more. 
Above all, confounded by their own baby-demons, the repressive organizers of the occasion shut down all eating houses, all bakeries, all bars, in short, all business premises, all day, unleashing excruciating hunger and thirst on the commoners! By Jove! “See me Lakayana with my spear”! Where was even water? … And to crown it all, all taxis were grounded! No water; no food; no beer from Brasseries do Cameroun; no means of transport!

Mr and Mrs. Southern Cameroons! No sleep again oh! Remember late Nico Mbarga him record: “Opportunity comes but once, in this wold, iyeeeeeeeeh”!


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Friday, February 21, 2014

Njoh Mola Litumbe Exposes 7 Facts that Make Reunification Disputable


1. It is common knowledge that La Republique du Cameroun and Southern Cameroons were two distinct territories, otherwise there would have been no question of the UN conducting a plebiscite on 11 Feb. 1961 in Southern Cameroons to ask the People of Southern Cameroons if they wished to associate with either Nigeria or La Republique du Cameroun.

2. The governing constitutional/statutory law for states that are members of the UN is the UN Charter. This contains clear provisions in Art 102 on the prescribed procedure to be followed if a member state of the UN wishes to join another territory

3.La Republique du Cameroun was admitted a member state of the UN on 20th Sept1960 and from that date it became bound by the provisions contained in the Constitution (Charter) of the United Nations. Consequently, for any joining with another territory to be legal, LRC had to conform with the statutory provisions of the Charter, in Art. 102. Failure to comply with the provisions in Art 102(1) attracts the penalty in Art. 102(2) which renders such alleged joining unconstitutional..

4. To argue, as some misguided proponents say, that an association of a UN member state with another territory could be deemed valid, is to say that while the constitution of a country defines the prescriptions to establish a marriage, parties who cohabit without going through the statutory and legal STEPS toconstruct a legal marriage, could be deemed nevertheless to be “married.” The statute would first have to be amended, to permit of such an interpretation.

5. The provision of Art.102 in the UN Charter has not altered over time, and it is therefore safe to say that if La Republique du Cameroun, which is a member state of the UN, desires to legally unite with Southern Cameroons, the appropriate statutory steps prescribed by statute must first be performed.

6. The solution to the present impasse is for La Republique du Cameroun to engage the People of Southern Cameroons to agree on mutually acceptable terms of association, under the auspices of the African Union/United Nations, sign an Agreement to that effect and file it at the Secretariat of the United Nations. If the parties have been living together in harmony, there should be no great difficulty in reaching an Agreement. If however they fail to reach agreement, they should revert peacefully to their respective positions.

7. Until the parties go through this motion, a celebration of “Re-unification” is a contradiction in terms and, at best, a terminological in-exactitude.


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Speech of the Head of State, Paul Biya at Reunification Celebration in Buea

•The President of the Senate,
 •The President of the National Assembly,
•Prime Minister Head of Government,
•The President of the Supreme Court,
•Heads of Diplomatic Missions and Representatives of International Organisations,
•My dear compatriots,  
•Ladies and gentlemen,
I would like to thank the Mayor of Buea for the warm words of welcome addressed to my wife and me.
I wish to extend my warm greetings to the dynamic people of the South-West region who have come out in such great numbers, from Fako, from Kupe Manenguba, from Lebialem, from Manyu, from Meme and from Ndian to welcome my wife and me on this great occasion. As you all know, the South-West region has always been very close to my heart.
I also thank you all who have come from the other regions of the country, from the Adamawa, from the Centre, from the East, from the Far-North, from the Littoral, from the North, from the North-West, from the South and from the West. Your massive presence here today is testimony not only of our unity in diversity, but also of the importance you attach to the Reunification of our country.
I have not forgotten our friends, the members of the diplomatic corps and the representatives of International Organisations, who have come to attend this important ceremony. I thank them immensely for their participation and support.
At the beginning of this commemorative ceremony, I would like to express our great appreciation to the United Nations and to friendly countries who have worked with us for the independence and reunification of Cameroon.
I also want to thank all our external partners whose support to our development efforts, over the past fifty years, remained constant. We know we can continue to rely on their friendship, for the future.
•Fellow compatriots,  
•Ladies and gentlemen,
At long last, here we are in Buea ! Here we are in Buea to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of our Reunification. As the English people say, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. In fact, after a long period of preparation, we are finally glad to be here in this historic town of Buea, the town of LEGENDARY HOSPITALITY. I am glad to be in Buea, the bedrock of our Reunification. History has not forgotten that Buea was the headquarters of West Cameroon. History has not forgotten that Buea was the capital of Southern Cameroons. And history has not forgotten that Buea was once the capital of German Cameroon. That is why I say that Buea is a historic town.
I am proud, very proud to be in Buea, proud to walk on the same soil like our heroes who fought for Reunification.
I have been to Buea several times. Today I can see that Buea has changed a great deal. I hope that you are also of the same opinion. I hope that you too see the same things I see. There is no doubt that Buea is now a befitting capital for the South-West region. A lot of work has been carried out here. It is my wish that other regional headquarters look as beautiful as Buea.
•Mes chers compatriotes,  
•Mesdames et Messieurs,
Pendant le cycle des festivitĂ©s des Cinquantenaires, nous avons revisitĂ© notre histoire ; nous l’avons fait  dĂ©couvrir aux jeunes gĂ©nĂ©rations. 
Notre jeunesse a pu ainsi faire la connaissance des hommes et des femmes qui ont Ă©crit les pages glorieuses du Cameroun. Elle a pu constater Ă´ combien il est difficile de fonder une nation, de rassembler un peuple et de faire son unitĂ©. 
Car, en ce 1er octobre 1961, après plus de quarante ans de sĂ©paration, les Camerounais des deux rives du Moungo se sont retrouvĂ©s. 
La marche vers la rĂ©unification fut une odyssĂ©e qui n’Ă©tait pas sans risques. Ce fut un chemin parsemĂ© d’Ă©preuves, de dĂ©licates nĂ©gociations pour notre jeune diplomatie, et quelque fois d’oppositions internes qu’il fallait prendre en compte. Notre unitĂ© nationale n’a vu le jour que grĂ¢ce au courage, Ă  la volontĂ©, Ă  l’audace et Ă  la sagesse de Camerounaises et de Camerounais de conviction, qui avaient foi en leur peuple et en leur capacitĂ© Ă  prendre en main son destin.
Nous tenons aujourd’hui Ă  rendre un vibrant hommage Ă  ces dignes fils et filles du Cameroun dont le nationalisme a conduit Ă  l’indĂ©pendance et Ă  la rĂ©unification de notre Patrie.
Nous pensons Ă  ces compatriotes qui, en signant le traitĂ© de protectorat, ont refusĂ© d’aliĂ©ner l’essentiel, c’est-Ă -dire la terre de nos ancĂªtres. Cette volontĂ© de dĂ©fendre le patrimoine du Cameroun continue de nous habiter de nos jours notamment Ă  travers nos vaillantes forces armĂ©es. Elles n’hĂ©sitent pas Ă  sacrifier leurs vies pour la sĂ©curitĂ© de nos frontières.
Nous pensons Ă©galement Ă  nos reprĂ©sentants qui ont plaidĂ© avec acharnement le dossier de notre rĂ©unification auprès de la SociĂ©tĂ© des Nations d’abord, de l’Organisation des Nations Unies ensuite.  Nous sommes restĂ©s fidèles Ă  cette tradition de recours aux organisations internationales pour faire triompher nos revendications lĂ©gitimes. Cette attitude rĂ©solue mais pacifique, nous l’avons adoptĂ©e lorsqu’il s’est agi de rĂ©tablir la souverainetĂ© camerounaise  sur la presqu’Ă®le de Bakassi.
Les Ă©tudiants de l’Ecole Normale de Foulassi, auteurs de ce chant de ralliement devenu notre hymne national dont nous sommes si fiers aujourd’hui, mĂ©ritent d’Ăªtre citĂ©s en exemple. Il en est de mĂªme de ces Ă©tudiants de la diaspora qui, en leur temps, ont apportĂ© une contribution majeure dans la restauration de notre unitĂ© d’antan.
Nous cĂ©lĂ©brons aujourd’hui la mĂ©moire, dans le recueillement et avec reconnaissance, de nos hĂ©ros nationaux. Nous associons Ă  cet hommage les participants Ă  la ConfĂ©rence Constitutionnelle de Foumban  qui se dĂ©roula du 16 au 21 juillet 1961.
Nous les remercions tous au nom de la Nation tout entière pour leur vaillance, pour leurs sacrifices, pour leur abnĂ©gation. Ils nous ont lĂ©guĂ© un Cameroun devenu Un et Indivisible. En ce jour exceptionnel, nous nous devons d’avoir, Ă  leur Ă©gard, une pensĂ©e Ă©mue, mĂªlĂ©e d’un sentiment de profonde gratitude. 
Aujourd’hui plus qu’hier, nous leur disons que nous tenons indĂ©fectiblement Ă  l’unitĂ© nationale qu’ils nous ont lĂ©guĂ©e, que nous prĂ©serverons notre souverainetĂ© qu’ils ont conquise et notre indĂ©pendance qu’ils ont payĂ©e quelque fois au prix de leur sang. Nous exhortons notre jeunesse Ă  Ăªtre fière de l’histoire de notre pays. Nous lui demandons de perpĂ©tuer, avec ferveur, la mĂ©moire de nos hĂ©ros nationaux et de cĂ©lĂ©brer les Ă©vènements fondateurs de notre pays. Il n’y a pas de grand peuple sans mĂ©moire du passĂ©.
•Camerounaises, Camerounais,
 Le 1er octobre 1961 est un jour historique. Un jour de grand bonheur pour tous les Camerounais. Après 42 ans d’incertitudes et de vicissitudes, des frères, longtemps sĂ©parĂ©s, qui n’ont jamais cessĂ© de se rechercher, se trouvent enfin rĂ©unis… et rĂ©unis pour toujours.
Le 1er octobre 1961, jour de la Renaissance du grand Cameroun, est un jour de gloire immense pour notre pays.
•Mes chers compatriotes, 
•Mesdames et Messieurs,
Qu’avons-nous fait durant ces cinquante dernières annĂ©es ? Nous nous sommes attelĂ©s Ă  construire peu Ă  peu dans l’unitĂ© cette nation camerounaise tant dĂ©sirĂ©e. Mais il faut se souvenir qu’au lendemain de notre indĂ©pendance et de notre rĂ©unification, des oiseaux de mauvais augure prĂ©disaient notre Ă©chec. Certains allaient jusqu’Ă  dire que le Cameroun sombrerait dans le chaos.
Et de fait, durant les cinquante premières annĂ©es, nous n’avons pas eu la vie facile. A une douloureuse guerre civile a succĂ©dĂ© une sĂ©vère crise Ă©conomique. Tout au long de ces Ă©preuves, le peuple camerounais a fait montre d’un courage exceptionnel et a dĂ©jouĂ© tous les pronostics pessimistes. Il a travaillĂ© pour construire patiemment, dans l’unitĂ© et la paix, cette nation camerounaise dont nous sommes si fiers. Il s’est efforcĂ© de rattraper les retards et de rĂ©parer les injustices accumulĂ©es pendant la colonisation.
S’il va de soi que nous avons un devoir de mĂ©moire,  nous avons aussi une obligation de vĂ©ritĂ©. Le devoir de mĂ©moire ne saurait avoir de valeur ni exister, sans l’obligation de vĂ©ritĂ©.
Construire la nation camerounaise, c’Ă©tait permettre Ă  chacun de recevoir une Ă©ducation assurant l’Ă©galitĂ© des chances. Au moment de l’indĂ©pendance et de la rĂ©unification, c’est-Ă -dire, après soixante dix ans d’occupation Ă©trangère, 3% des Camerounais Ă©taient scolarisĂ©s ; il n’y avait     pas      une      seule       universitĂ©. 
Aujourd’hui, notre taux de scolarisation, selon l’UNICEF, est de 90%. Nous avons  construit 15123 Ă©coles primaires, 2413 collèges et lycĂ©es.  Et aujourd’hui nous avons bĂ¢ti huit universitĂ©s d’Etat rĂ©parties Ă  travers le territoire national.
Construire la nation camerounaise, c’Ă©tait donner Ă  tous l’accès aux services de santĂ©. Au moment de l’indĂ©pendance et de la rĂ©unification, on comptait au total 555 formations sanitaires. A ce jour, nous disposons de 2260 formations sanitaires publiques dont 4 hĂ´pitaux gĂ©nĂ©raux, 3 hĂ´pitaux centraux, 14 hĂ´pitaux rĂ©gionaux, 164 hĂ´pitaux de district, 155 centres mĂ©dicaux d’arrondissement et 1920 centres de santĂ© intĂ©grĂ©s. Je note en passant que l’espĂ©rance de vie qui Ă©tait de 40 ans en 1960 est passĂ©e Ă  52 ans actuellement.
Construire la nation camerounaise, c’Ă©tait dĂ©senclaver le pays et l’ouvrir vers l’extĂ©rieur. A l’indĂ©pendance et Ă  la rĂ©unification, notre rĂ©seau routier comportait 621 km de voies bitumĂ©es. Aujourd’hui, le peuple camerounais dispose de 250 000 km de routes dont près de 5200 km bitumĂ©es, de 21 aĂ©roports dont 4 internationaux, d’un  port fluvial et de trois ports maritimes. Le port de Douala est  le plus important de la CEMAC. 
Construire la nation camerounaise, c’Ă©tait crĂ©er des richesses et  de l’emploi. L’Etat camerounais est le plus important employeur de notre pays. Il a favorisĂ© le dĂ©veloppement d’un secteur privĂ© dynamique. Des hommes et des femmes de talent ont créé des centaines d’entreprises, gĂ©nĂ©rant des emplois et produisant de la richesse. Le niveau de vie de nos concitoyens s’en est trouvĂ© sensiblement amĂ©liorĂ©. 
Construire la nation camerounaise, c’Ă©tait aussi industrialiser le pays. Nous sommes passĂ©s Ă  la deuxième phase de notre industrialisation. Avec le dĂ©veloppement de notre capacitĂ© Ă©nergĂ©tique en cours, nous allons pouvoir transformer nos matières premières d’origine agricole, minière et Ă  partir de nos gisements d’hydrocarbures jeter les bases d’une industrie chimique. Parallèlement, nous continuerons Ă  dĂ©velopper notre industrie de l’aluminium et Ă  utiliser le gaz comme source d’Ă©nergie pour nos usines.
Nous avons prouvĂ© ainsi, que nous sommes capables de sortir de l’Ă©conomie de traite oĂ¹ nous avons Ă©tĂ© longtemps confinĂ©s.
Construire la nation camerounaise, c’Ă©tait Ă©galement crĂ©er un vĂ©ritable Etat souverain. Nous avons fait d’un État embryonnaire un vĂ©ritable État dĂ©mocratique, avec des institutions modernes qui fonctionnent, une AssemblĂ©e, un SĂ©nat, un Conseil Constitutionnel bientĂ´t en place. Nous avons mis en place une justice et une administration sur toute l’Ă©tendue du territoire et bĂ¢ti des forces de sĂ©curitĂ© fortes capables de se dĂ©ployer pour garantir notre intĂ©gritĂ© territoriale. 
•Mes chers compatriotes, 
•Mesdames et Messieurs,
Notre UnitĂ© Nationale a Ă©tĂ© Ă  la base de cette exceptionnelle rĂ©ussite. Elle est l’ossature autour de laquelle s’articulent les organes de notre sociĂ©tĂ©. Elle se confond avec l’existence mĂªme de notre peuple. J’en appelle donc Ă  tous nos concitoyens, tout particulièrement Ă  nos jeunes,  Ă  veiller jalousement sur elle,  pour que jamais elle ne s’altère. 
Je leur demande d’Ă©viter  le piège tendu par certaines forces centrifuges rĂ©gionales, tribales ou religieuses qui peuvent  compromettre la cohĂ©sion nationale. 
•Chers compatriotes, 
•Mesdames et Messieurs, 
Lorsque nous parlons d’UnitĂ© Nationale, nous ne nĂ©gligeons pas pour autant notre pluralisme linguistique et culturel. Notre diversitĂ© fait partie de notre identitĂ©. C’est elle qui permet au Cameroun de s’adapter plus facilement aux changements induits par la mondialisation, en particulier grĂ¢ce au bilinguisme.
•Ladies and Gentlemen,
Three years ago, we launched the jubilee period with celebrations marking the fiftieth anniversary of our Independence. With the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Reunification here in Buea where it took place, we will be closing this cycle which has helped us to revisit our history.
We have every reason to be proud of our Reunification and the best way of being worthy of it is to spare no effort to preserve our national unity. 
Long live Independence!
Long live Reunification!
Long live Cameroon! 
(I now invite you to join me in singing our National Anthem)
Buea, 20 February 2014


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Governance/Transparency: EITI Puts Youth Leaders Behind Big Thieves

By Fai Cassian Ndi
A two-day inter-regional workshop aimed at empowering some 32 youth leaders of the North West, West and South West Regions on Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative –EITI has raised pertinent points on the corrupt practices in the oil, gas and mining sector which have become endemic. Participants expressed fear that the most outstanding challenge is not on the interpretation of EITI reports but on how youth pressure can control the use of revenue accrued from oil, gas and extraction in a country like Cameroon when figures are a taboo or when management of revenue and extraction is in the hands of the big thieves, mostly politicians and multi-internationals. Organized by Dynamique Mondiale des Jeunes-DMJ in collaboration with the World Bank, the Bamenda workshop is also geared to promote the rapid adoption and exploitation of the new EITI standard by young people so much so that they are able to make critical readings of EITI reports. Yet, some participants during the workshop expressed doubts whether they would ever have the opportunity to question, interpret and control the use of extraction revenues. This is so due to the fact that in Cameroon, nobody knows how many companies are carrying out explorations and not to talk of exploitation. More so, another worry also steamed from the fact that local government structures like councils hardly organize public hearings whereby youths could ask question on the management of resources. In the North West for example, BOCOM Exploration Company is currently carrying out iron ore exploration at Mayo-Binka (Nkambe Central) and Petroleum exploration in Mbembe (Ako Sub division) in Donga Mantung Division. Yet no youth leader from this part of the North West Region was present. From all indications, the Bamenda workshop was addressing a wrong audience.  The Eye is aware that in seeking solutions, EITI believes that all stakeholders have important and relevant contributions to make in order to encourage high standards of transparency and accountability in public life but this action can only be sustainable when the right targeted group is reached. Implicitly, the reason why local communities have no knowledge on the EITI abound high. However, the fact that its organizers couldn’t use the Cameroon National Youth Council that oversees the activities of youth groups in the North West Region speaks volume. A question which is hungry for answers is whether the organization didn’t fall into wrong hands. However, it should be recalled that Bamenda workshop is the second in the series of workshops that would be organized nationwide to build the capacity of youth leaders. Note should be taken that Cameroon joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in March 2005 and was accepted as an EITI candidate country on September 27, 2007. It was on October 17, 2013 became a fully compliant member country. This is so due to the fact that Cameroon failed to validate its candidacy in October 2010 and February 2012. Since then, and in compliance with EITI process, Cameroon has published six conciliation reports of volumes and figures under the impetus of a Tripartite Monitoring Committee made up of representatives of the state, civil society and extraction companies. This initiative which seeks to promote good governance and transparency in the management of revenue from the exploitation of subsoil resources places a lot of emphasizes on criterion 1 of its Rules which states that: all significant payments made by companies to governments, in respect of oil, gas, and mining exploitation and all material revenues received by government from oil, gas and mining companies, are published and regularly disseminated to the public in an accessible, comprehensive and comprehensible form.

It should be recalled that before Cameroon became a member, information on the production of oil and gas was a highly classified. Only few state personalities were privy to it. 

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Fru Ndi Lambastes Reunification, Says Biya Failed to Recognize It Heroes

By Fai Cassian Ndi
Ni John Fru Ndi, chairman of the leading opposition party in Cameroon has declared that there is no time for Cameroonians to continue to dream when everything around them is falling apart. According to Fru Ndi, President Biya's reunification speech was like a pack of disillusion that has shown the regime's inability to provide concrete solutions to basic problems of Cameroonians. SDF National Chairman made that declaration at the end of the civil and military parade yesterday in Buea . According to him , this celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Reunification has brought nothing to Cameroonians . After a critical and comparative study of the organizing committee SDF chairman questioned the number of Anglophones in it . To him, the SDF will not close their eyes because Anglophones are not happy. In a furious mode SDF chieftain said that normally the celebrations were suppose to have taken place in 2011. "We are celebrating 53 years of independence and reunification", he reiterated. Fru Ndi also discarded the speech by President Biya to the youth as another blatant empty promise. He wondered how Biya will create 250,000 jobs for young people in a year when his government is unable to industrialize the country since his accession to power in 1982 . He said what transpired during the celebrations in Buea is not enough to convince Cameroonians. "They are not fools" and these lies will no longer pass", he hammered.
He blasted the Reunification celebration as complete failure that will anger more Cameroonians. He decried how the Biya regime has destroyed its own very foundation. I was shocked that no photo of the real actors of this important moment in our history was present at the march-pass. "I saw no picture of President Ahidjo, or John Ngu Foncha , Muna or Endeley . What are we celebrating? he asked with a frown on his face. He wondered why Biya could not promise the entire South West the construction of a culvert at a point that they were expecting to get giant projects like the Limbe Deep Seaport and or the Kumba-Mamfe road. These, he said are signs of regime failure in meeting the aspiration of the people. 

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