Ndu Council ECCUForum 2014 (Thousands Attend Mini AgroPastoral/ Craft Show) Day 2 -PhotoNews 3

 Some of the Agricultural produce exhibited at the show

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Some of the Craft works exhibited at the Ndu Council ECCUForum

How Ndu town will look like in the future...vision of an artist

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Euphoria at Ndu Council Eccuforum Official Launch (PhotoNews 4)

   Official launching of the Ndu Council ECCUForum 2014 at Jirt-sub Palace in Ndu (December 11, 2014), the day also marked the funeral celebration of the Sub Chief of Jirt...A day to celebrate culture and tradition

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Euphoria at Ndu Council Eccuforum Official Launch (PhotoNews 3)

   Official launching of the Ndu Council ECCUForum 2014 at Jirt-Ndu (December 11, 2014)

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 Official launching of the Ndu Council ECCUForum 2014 at Jirt-Ndu (December 11, 2014)

HRH Fon Mbunwe of Mbot

DO for Ndu, Achu George

VIPs

DO

DO/ Fon of Mbot

DO Firing

Women demonstrating

Women bringing red oil to the sub palace

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Official launching of the Ndu Council ECCUForum 2014 at Jirt-Ndu (December 11, 2014)

choral singing

VIPs

Mayor of Ndu Bunyui Emmanuel

Cultural rites

Mayor /Regional Delegate of Environment and Nature Protection

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Euphoria at ECCUForum Grand Launching

There was euphoria and fanfare at the launching of the maiden edition of the Ndu Council Economic and Cultural Forum today.   The historic launching was described by observers as the biggest crowd pulling event of the year. While launching the historic event at Jirt-Ndu today December 11, 2014, the mayor of Ndu

council Bunyui Emmanuel called on the population to valorise their culture and intensify economic activities so much so that the municipality could emerge before 2035.  The event is code-named Ndu Council ECCUForum 2014 shall include a Mini Agro-Pastoral show and Trade fair, Parade of Traditional Dance Groups from the Seventeen Villages in the municipality; parade of Traditional Wears by Mbum Men and women; Exhibition of Mbum Traditional dishes; Launch of Limbum/English dictionary and other Mbum Writings; Performances by Mbum Artists and Musicians; Panel Discussions on Agricultural financing to be animated by CamCCUL, while the North West Cooperative Association-NWCA shall animated another panel discussion on the coffee sector. others shall include Mbum Cultural Values and Christianity/ Islam; The Tea Sector in Mbum Land. Two major discussions on Agricultural
(pics of the event soon)

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Divisional Offiicer, Bridgade Commander, Arrest "Juju"

 By Wamey Panky

The Divisional Officer, DO, for Bankim Subdivision in the Adamawa Region, recently arrested and detained a masquerade of the Wimbum Community of the Northwest Region, during the Wimbum Annual Cultural Festival organised in Songkolo in the Adamawa Region.

 Reports hold that members of the Wimbum Community left Nwa to join their brothers and sisters in Songkolo for the cultural festival, with their masquerades to thrill the population that would attend the festival.

The most popular among the masquerades, the ‘Wan Mabuh’, is said to have stolen the show, when it arrived in Songkolo. As the excited population of Songkolo scrambled to watch the masquerade display, they poured into the street and blocked the way for the car of the DO who was riding to the ceremonial ground.

Infuriated, the DO is said to have called in the Brigade Commander from Ata to clear the way. A few minutes after, a contingent of combat-ready security forces arrived at the scene. The DO then ordered that the masquerade be arrested. 

 As the Wimbum people saw the security forces pushing the ‘Wan Mabuh’ into the truck, they offered themselves to the security forces to arrest them also.

 At the Ata Gendarmerie Brigade, the members of the Wimbum Community were joined by members of the Nso community who said they could not sit and watch the culture and tradition of their brothers being rubbished. The organisers of the festival then confronted the DO accusing him of disrupting an occasion he authorised. 

 Threatened by the number of people trooping unto the Gendarmerie Brigade premises and asking to be detained, the Brigade Commander is said to have pleaded with the DO to “liberate the masquerade and people before the situation gets out of control.” 

The DO finally reluctantly ordered that the masquerade and the people accompanying it be released, but the people refused, insisting to spend the night in the Gendarmerie cell. They accused the DO and security operatives of desecrating their tradition and committing an abomination by forcing ‘Wan Mabuh’ into a vehicle. 

The Chief of Songkolo, who was at the cultural festival, also chastised the DO for his rash decision and for humiliating his guests. 

 “You have treaded on holy grounds and you will badly need traditional cleansing,” the Chief of Songkolo told the DO. The DO and the Brigade Commander, after releasing the masquerade reportedly appealed for forgiveness and cleansing.

 According to Emmanuel Ringka, one of the followers of the masquerade; “We told them that any cleansing can only be done in our traditional house in Sabongari, where the traditional pots and herbs are found. If they failed to come for traditional cleansing, then, they would have themselves to blame.”

 Rev. Father Venatius Nsame, Sabongari Parish Priest, whose Parish extends to part of the Adamawa, strongly condemned the DO for daring the people’s tradition. He said it was due to dangerous pride.

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ACADA Cultural Festival to Hold from December 12-14, 2014 (see programme attached)

HRH Fon Bambi of Aghem

Aghem Cultural And Development Association (ACADA) informs elites and the public that prior to the up coming festival from the 19^th to the 21^st of December 2014. Uniforms and other gadgets are already around. The national executive shall undertake a tour from the 12^th to the 14^th of December 2014 for official lunch in the following groups “Yaoundé, Douala and Bamenda” prepare for this very important event.

Program

ACADA 2014 CULTURAL FESTIVAL

A 3 day Cultural Festival from Friday 19- Sunday 21 December 2014 in Wum. The tentative programs stand as follows:

Day1  - Registration (individuals, Groups (Cultural, Dance, Njangis, Associations, etc), Branches, Zones etc)

At ZONGHOKWO PALACE

-         Ecumenical service (Catholics, Presbyterians, Baptists, Full Gospel, Jehovah, Moslems, etc)

At GRAND STAND 3 CORNERS\

-         Team sports (Football, Handball, Tug of war, etc) at MUNICIPAL STADIUM BU ROAD

-         Exco Meeting at ZONGHOKWO PALACE

Day 2 – team Sports (football, Handball, tug of war, etc) at MUNICIPAL STADIUM BU ROAD

-         Cultural dances or ZONGHOKWO PALACE

-         Exhibition (artefacts,…) at GRAND STAND 3 CORNERS

-         ACADA National Council Meeting at ZONGHOKWO PALACE

Day 3 – Workshop/Talks (History Territory, Goals) at WUM TOWN HALL Naikum Overside

-         ACADA General Assembly: projection on main project, review of Constitution at ZONGHOKWO PALACE

-         Gala night: Theatre/ drama, fund raising with a target of 7.5 million FCFA at WUM TOWN HALL  Naikom Overside

Branches/Zones/Groups are called upon to massively mobilize towards the festival and continue with registration, forward their proposals for sources of income and levies as well as their proposals for the amendment of the constitution.

NB: please channel donations via Express Union, Express Exchange, Money Gram to Andrew Mua or call 677 250 348 or 695 047 627. You could also send donations to ACADA Account N° 1106 at Aghem Credit Union

Thanks

Andrew Mua Itung

ACADA National President

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Reqiem Mass for Anne Nsang

 

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State or Official Burial for HRH, Prof. Senator Jikong Stephen Yeriwa?

Senator Jikong Deserves a State Burial

The mortal remains of HRH, Prof. Senator Jikong Stephen Yeriwa who passed on at the Yaounde General Hospital on Thursday, November 13, 2014 will be laid to rest in Jato-Gwembo village (Nwa sub Division in Donga Mantung Division of the North West Region) next week. According to classified sources, corps removal has been billed for December 11, state honours at the senate on December 12, and burial on December 13, 2014.  It should be recalled that he died, after a protracted illness. Yet it is not clear whether Senator Jikong Stephen Yeriwa who served this country in various capacities would be given a state or an official burial. A school of state holds that HRH, Prof. Senator Jikong deserves to be honoured given that he spent his entire life working for the nation. Born on February 2, 1949 in Mbem village, Nwa Subdivision, Donga-Mantung Division of the North West Region, Stephen Jikong was among the first Anglophones who were transferred to the then East Cameroon to teach English Language. If there is anything paramount in the mind of the people of Donga Mantung Division, it is how HRH, Prof. Senator Jikong Stephen should be given a state or official burial by the Gov­ernment.  An influential Northwest elite is of the opinion that if there is “one thing that I am asking for is that HRH Prof. Senator Jikong should be given a befitting burial, for having contributed to the survival of Cameroon as an educationist, university don, adviser to the Prime Minister, politician and even as a traditional ruler. In fact, he should be given a state burial. This is my own humble plea”, he concluded. Youths are also of the opinion that the head of State should do something to honour the man who worked hard for the country. “I believe the President I do something” says Nfor Kingsley Mama. To Comfort Nye, a state or official burial is a logical thing to do for such a rare character in the Cameroonian society. As all eyes are looking towards Yaounde, it is hoped that the head of state will do something to honour the fallen hero.

Who is HRH Prof. Senator Jikong Stephen

HRH Prof. Jikong Stephen Yeriwa  was an influential Member of the Central Committee of the CPDM and one of the CPDM diehearts who in the 90s was the Charge de mission of the party to the Northwest region alongside Senator Francis Nkwain. He is a traditional ruler (Fon of Jato-Gwembo village in Nwa Sub Division). He was a senior citizen who has served the country in various capacities. He started his professional career as a teacher, to a University don and Special Adviser in the Prime Minister's office. He is widely read, published many books, calm and soft-spoken too. His political abilities are also an added value.

Before late Senator Jikong was elected into senate in November 2013, he had served as Secretary General in the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reforms from 1992-1994, and then Technical Adviser in the Prime Minister’s office 1996-2012. He was also board member of State corporations such as SCDP, ENAM, INJS and recently CRTV. He retired from the public service in 2008 as lecturer at the University of Yaounde I.

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Land Dispute: Baligansin, Bamukumbit Spar Go Bloody, One Killed

Northwest Governor Aldolph Lele Lafrique has called on the people of Baligansin and Bamukumbit in Ngoketunjia Division of the North West Region to bury their grievances and live as good neigbours. Governor Lele Lafrique made the clarion call when he visited the disputed piece of land where one person was killed and several houses destroyed.

 It is reported that a land dispute broke out in the early hours of last Saturday between Baligansin and Bamukumbit in Balikumbat sub division and the confrontation resulted to one dead. It is alleged that the dispute between the two villages erupted over a piece of land. Allegations abound that matters came to head when irate Bamukumbit villagers stormed Baligansin and took the villagers off guard. It is aired that four houses were destroyed and a young man in his early 20s was killed. Being a less-thickly populated village, Baligansins rather than fight back reportedly took to their heels. It is thanks to the timely intervention of the forces of law and order that Baligansin did not retaliate.

According to The Guardian Post (lone English Language Daily), the two villages have a long standing dispute over a piece of land that dates back to 1979. A ministerial decision had on July 20, 1979 ruled that the disputed piece of land belongs to Bamukumbit but a 2005 prefectoral order awarded the land to Baligashu. In the midst of the administrative buffoonery, a prime ministerial order ruled the area as a no-man’s land.  But recently, the people of Baligashu secretly began constructing a newly-created Government Technical College on the disputed land. Tempers flared when the people of Bamukumbit got wind of the development; tempers which fortunately did not degenerate into a confrontation because of the timely military intervention. North West governor, Adolphe Lele Afrique rushed to Bamukumbit on Saturday with troops to maintain order. Four people from Bamukumbit were arrested while the village remains heavily-militarized.

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