We received this response from a certain Wanja Abdul Aziz in relation to the story we
published with the caption “As National Exco of Ntundip Abee Steps Down, Here are the
Stakes and Implications”. We do not know whether he a member of the exco or the Ntundip palace's spokesperson or a floor member, but since our duty is to give a fair hearing to whosoever, we decided to post his reply for your appreciation. In his reponse he raised some pertinent issues and even attacked us, but that is not our interest for now. Notwithstanding, The has been hinted that Abdul Aziz is the new Secretary of the Interim Exco of Ntundip Abee...details soon...(Worries to be answered soon, since
he went personal).
Here below is the response by Wanja Abdul Aziz
He
writes:
When I read what you posted on your
blog, something deep down urged me to remain mute on the issue, but after
profound contemplation, I thought it will be good, in all honesty, to let your
readers understand the problem and draw their individual conclusions thereafter.
But, there are a lot more facts that I have intentionally kept within me which
would have buttressed the few points I will raise here. This is because I want
our village issues to remain within us and not for public consumption on the
audio -visual social media land scape by all and sundry.
A
superficial glance at the article you published seemingly makes it worthy of
praise, but a critical analysis renders it far fetch from reality and it beats
my imagination whether any in depth investigation was done on your part before its publication. The
acclaimed reason for the resignation of the National Exco of Ntundip Abee is a
concoction of the truth. This is rather unfortunate, but I want your readers to
understand that the members of the so called “resigned national exco of Ntundip
Abee” do not only have personal and collective interest but have also stood
firm with one faction of the Douala branch of Ntundip Abee which, of course, is
the Genesis of this unfortunate inflammatory rhetoric that has degenerated into
utter mayhem to the benefit of nobody.
We (Ntundipians) acknowledge that there
is a minor internal squabble at the Douala branch which should be solved, I
suppose, by the national exco. To my greatest dismay, this same exco instead of
playing their role, may be, and just may be because of the afore- mentioned
reasons have opted to resign and, as if enough was not enough, they accused the
Fon of Ntundip of supporting one of the factions. Who is to blame? What is then
their role if they cannot amicably, without pride or prejudice resolve problems
at the branch levels? Once more, it is unfortunate!
When
you say that there is no exco to galvanize “Ntundipians,” are you insinuating
that the former exco of Ntundip Abee was a group of special individuals who
could not be replaced? Did they elect themselves or were they elected? You know
as well as I do and everyone else that, when we talk of an election in a
democratic forum like “Ntundip Abee, for example, it means that two or more
persons contested for each and every post. Hence, if someone in all honesty
resigns, others will be elected to replace him/her. This is because no one is
indispensable in our village.
The
picture of the report card you presented is quite a good one. But I know that
one of us certainly gave you the information as per the fifteen years span you
examined in your article.
Dear
readers, you should know that this “resigned exco” have not been in power for
the past fifteen years and as such no one and, I mean no one should attribute
the development efforts and achievements of Ntundip village solely on them. As
a matter of fact, this resigned exco to the best of my knowledge cannot show
case any concrete project that they have realized. On the other hand, the
painted picture of that report card has a negative. But I will not, as earlier
mention, for the love of not wanting to wash our dirty hands in public enumerate
them. However, if they Guinness Book of record authorities decides to start
recording the odd things people do as some form of achievement, I will summit
this list to them. God forbid!
Again,
I actually wonder whether your so called five embezzlers in the Douala branch
were ever granted any interview by any journalistic charlatan. Or were you, as
the French people say manifesting hatred for a dog and consequently giving it a
bad name so as to kill it? The plain truth is that the development of our
village has never and will never depend not even on twenty five self centered
individuals who think that without them the village will cease to exist.
Thank
God, the eye does not only reports and criticizes. You suggested rightly that
the Fon should compel those five embezzlers to “cough out” whatever that means,
the sum of one million two hundred thousand francs in their stomach, I think!
Is it the same Fon accused in your article for meddling and supporting
embezzlers or a different one? It is funny indeed!
If
we continue to manifest these self centered and egoistic tendencies, I again,
wonder when a Mbum man will ever despise mediocrity and reward excellence.
Let
me remind you that our young, energetic, and level headed Fon did exactly what
you suggested not once, not twice, but thrice, yet to no avail. This resigned
exco with cohorts in Douala failed to honour the Fon’s persistent
reconciliatory efforts. It is good to keep you inform that the faction of these
so called embezzlers have always honoured the Fon’s invitation and were even
ready to present not only the statement of account but the “cough out” sum in
their keeping, so to speak. But, whom to?
Well,
I understand that in Cameroon, people think differently and say/ do things
differently. But frankly speaking, whom do you think the third but last
paragraph of your article can blind fold?
While
I differ with you in most of what you say, I vehemently agree with you that in
unity we stand and divided we fall. But let me reiterate that if we need to
fall apart so that we can sustainably stand for ever, it is not only better for
us but mandatory!
Nowadays,
no one can deny the pivotal and powerful role the social media is playing in
exposing the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of societal issues. But again,
it is unfortunate when by error or design, some folks decide to use it as an
all-out attempt to condemn innocent individuals particularly on issues there
are not familiar with in the first place.
Finally,
since this medium was use to disseminate your information or should I say your
misinformation, I will also use it to let you and your readers know that the
unnecessary conundrum that manifested its ugly self in the Douala branch of
Ntundip Abee has been resolved, though in the absence of the renegade Exco and
the interim Exco of the Douala branch. This was done on the 17th of
July, 2016 at the Ntundip Fon’s palace in an enlarged
general assembly attended by more than forty sons and daughters of this renowned
Eldorado in the Mbum land. Thanks.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
