Hon Esther Ngala Spoils Ndu Population with Micro Project Grants/ Parliamentary Goodies

Hon. Esther Ngala

The Member of Parliament for Donga Mantung Centre, Hon. Esther Ngala has extended a hand of fellowship to villages in Ndu Sub Division. During the Parliamentary tour, the MP donated to communities, schools and churches. Hon. Esther Ngala donated tins of cement, zinc, water pipes, and loads of sand, balls and didactic materials students. From Ntamruh to Ngasbuh Catholic Church down to Ntabah, Wowo, Nsih O Doh, Mbandfung and Mbakfu, the euphoria that salted the MP and her entourage was full of fanfare. After donating bundles of zinc to the above localities, she doles out bags of cement to Njipkfu, Mbarcourt, Ndu central, Mbutsasing, Jirt-Tengteng, Upper Karkar, 3 corners Karkar and Government Nursery school Sehn. Besides, Hon. Esther also donated loads of sand to GSS Ntundip and handed zinc to GS Ngarum II. At Talla, Ntabah and Mbandfung, she donated water pipes to the communities. Flanked by Ngabah Eric, the SDF district chairman for Ndu, the team donated zinc to Mbajeng, Njifor, GTC Wowo before tons of cement to GNS Mangu and CBC Njilah.

During the tour, Hon. Esther Ngala told the population the role they have to play in community development as well as in maintaining peace and security. She used the occasion to call on the village vigilant groups to shine their eyes and report any suspected individual to the administration for immediate action. Hon. Esther Ngala also sounded a warning on the phenomenon of child labour and trafficking ' times are changing and it now forbidden for you to give out your kids rob people you don't know. Send them to schools; we have schools in all the areas' she emphasized. On the education of the girl child, she was categorical that when you educate a girl, it is the entire nation that benefits. "I have observed that young boys are dropping out of school for okada work and I feel it is not good", she added.

Talking to this reporter after a tour of the over 12 localities, Hon. Esther Ngala said that the issue of farms to market roads and access to health facilities remains a major preoccupation. It should be recalled that prior to back to school; Hon. Esther held an evaluation meeting with members of WINSUCAM with over 450 women in attendance. After the distribution of 1450 bags of fertilizers, she also doled out basic school materials to members as support at back to school.

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Plot to Quash Saraki's Code of Conduct Trial at the Court of Appeal Exposed

Culled from SaharaReporters

According to media reports, there is an ongoing plot by the Court of Appeal to cancel the ongoing trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

 

The justices of the Court of Appeal in Abuja have concluded plans to order a stop to the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, two judicial sources say

One of the sources disclosed that the appellate court justices would deliver a judgment today afternoon ordering immediate discontinuation of Mr. Saraki’s trial for corruption.
Sources stated that a former Justice of the Supreme Court, Alfa Belgore, had been working behind the scenes to arrange a verdict by the Court of Appeal to the effect that Mr. Saraki’s trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja was irregular and a violation of the senator’s fundamental rights, and must cease.
Last Friday, Justices M.A.A. Adumien, J.E. Ekanem and M. Mustapha adjourned ruling in the matter till today. Mr. Saraki’s lawyers had asked the justices to determine that the tribunal lacked jurisdiction to try former Governor Saraki for failure to declare his assets as provided for by the Code of Conduct law for public officers.
Mr. Saraki was arraigned on September 22, 2015 after he tried unsuccessfully to use the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal to thwart his arraignment. Sources stated that retired Justice Belgore has had success as the embattled senator’s emissary in persuading the Appeal Court to scuttle the trial.
“The haste with which the Court of Appeal justices have handled Dr. Saraki’s case is surprising since the Code of Conduct Tribunal has not even begun his trial,” said a lawyer familiar with the drama surrounding the widely watched case.
Mr. Saraki is scheduled to return to the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Wednesday to face federal prosecutors who maintain that they have overwhelming evidence against him.

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Cameroon Gov't Fiesta: Cycle of Same People Meeting on Way Up and Down

By Asonganyi 

Shakespeare’s villainous Iachimo may also advise us “to leave unspoken that which, to be spoke, would torture thee.” Nobody asked Paul Biya to express worry about the performance of his government in his December 2013 New Year address. Since he did so, Cameroonians expected him to proceed immediately to form a new, more effective and efficient government, especially because it was not the first time he was complaining about the performance of government.

The government had been regularly discredited not only by scandals, but also by the appearance of it being incapable of meeting the tasks of the day, most of which were undreamt of in November 1982. Government had cut the image of a quarrelsome lot working in dispersed ranks; it seemed to have lost sight of its “core business.” Strategic thinking for the urgent transformative actions needed seemed to be absent, but all mind-readers were predicting that the “overall” boss, when he would decide to act, would only move ponds around the chessboard, as usual.

All of 2014 was a long enough wait, but to extend it to 2015 seemed to be too much! Since nature abhors vacuums, the long wait filled the vacuum with doubt and complacency; the government seemed to be doing nothing, just resting on its laurels, waiting for the unknown. Inertia became the order of the day, and society became restive. The best option seemed to be to put pressure from outside to precipitate action. Dozens of “leaked” governments were published in the press. Stories of wrongdoing in the presidency were spun into sources of leaks of new governments. Protests by our valiant soldiers for their dues were mockingly linked to the advent of a new government. And so expectation of a new government became the talk of the town.

It is usually said that public opinion allows the nation to participate in its own affairs because it is an invisible power that rules even in the palaces of kings. Even if the limited political experience of the “opinion” makers caused public opinion to be dominated by general and speculative ideas, this did not diminish its power. It was all like our traditional smoking of the rat mole out of the comfort of its hole with the smoke of public opinion.

And so the new government was smoked out at last! As mind-readers had predicted, it involved mainly the movement of ponds around the chessboard. It did not include the SDF and UDC that public opinion had so pompously included in the government. It did not also include those that feed on the carcass of Um Nyobe in total disregard of his legacy and his heritage.

Once the list of the “new” government hit the public place, the paradigm of opinion shifted to critique. Most critiques and analyses have been directed more at individuals for their disobedience or corruption or lack of solidarity, less at systems. Politics may be more about the citizen than the private individual, but solidarity, whether between members of a government or between individual citizens, is the foundation of politics.If critical public opinion finds those who lost their ministerial posts guilty as individuals, it will mean that they were ill-prepared to be ministers; if they are guilty as ministers, it will be a condemnation of the whole system.

The “new” government will most obviously continue to waste the time of the country because it will be operating in the same system. It will face the same internal struggles against entrenched bureaucratic interests and a power distribution architecture that encourages fraud and corruption. It will enter the same self-serving routine that is usually blind to outcomes.

Systemic institutions need to be strengthened by large-scale overhaul in government and public-sector agencies. Clear, enforceable rules of discipline that create a meritocratic environment and ethical behaviors that are friendly to creativity, innovation, and talent have to be present in all fronts.

The “new” government needs to shed its CPDM divisive mindset and build a social consensus around growth-oriented strategies and policies by providing equal opportunity to all citizens, irrespective of political opinion, area of origin, gender, or religion.

If there are clear, transparent rules that can detect errors and fraud fast enough, the fallouts can be managed on a continuous basis. “Epervier” should no longer work in tedious cycles but on a continuous basis. With all the people that populate the prisons today because of corruption and fraud, there should be much familiarity with the tools and methods they used; these should be exploited to correct and strengthen existing systems, and to design tighter security of public funds. This will meet the common saying that prevention is better than cure. It will end the wasteful and shameful practice of punishing after the fact; of using the process to punish potential rivals.

The visionaries and the all-knowing humans variously called proletariats, Bolsheviks, communists that Karl Marx and others envisaged that would be produced and would only speak the fact, not argue or convince, eventually failed to emerge where the experiments for their production were conducted. They nevertheless emerged in Africa around the ‘60s at the head of the new countries that came to being at that time. Although they emerged without the “lightening of thought” that Marx said would cause their emergence, they have endured and prospered till today in Africa!

And so one of the problems with our “new” government is that like the one before it, the members will consider themselves as “creatures” of this type of being, and will work in fear and total submission –with the being representing their own “specter” that will haunt them throughout their ministerial tenure.

Societies can be governed only with ideas. Government must be open to itself and to society as a whole, so that governance ideas can be bounced back and forth to increase their chances of producing the good. All governments need strong leadership not only from the top but from all its members

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Job Opportunity: Farm Manager Wanted (Apply Now)

Title: Farm Manager

Sector: Pork farming

Function: Breeding

Location: Bamenda

Salary: Negotiable

·         Job Overview: The primary responsibility of the section manager is to manage, lead, train, and work with a team that will safely and efficiently oversee the welfare, care and day-to-day management of animals. They will insure good production through the implementation of standard operating procedures, maintenance of accurate records, employee development, promotion of the wellbeing of animals, and sound environmental stewardship.

Duties include:

·         Having the skills, knowledge and abilities to perform by committing to being the best team member, site manager, leader and individual they can be.

·         Responsible for the development and training of all team members’ production and interpersonal skills through open and honest informal daily feedback, goal setting and daily organization of their activities.

·         Promote safe work habits, maintain a safe working environment and document all work related injuries within 24 hours of occurrence.

·         Lead their team and themselves to perform timely duties and ensure compliance with practices that promote the health of the animals under their care (bio-security practices).

·         Organize and participate in the daily production activities of their departments including:

o    Implementation and review of the execution of standard operating procedures on the farm. Provide feedback to employees and report on the daily execution status.

o    Communicating with the owner on department needs such as feed, supplies, maintenance, personnel issues, etc.

o    Daily care that promotes well-being and increased productivity of all animals. Ensuring humane animal handling, including the safeguard of animal health, providing access to water and feed, and the best possible environment.

o    Monitoring the health of all animals. Communicate all animal well-being issues and/or concerns to the site manager. Ensure proper vaccinations, medications, and injections are given and documented as needed to promote animal well-being, achieve regulatory compliance and increase production.

o    Organization of team members’ time including regular discussions with team members on short and long term planning, goal setting and prioritization of activities

·         Keep and maintain accurate production records to assist in the development of the team, themselves and the improvement of the system.

·         Perform minor maintenance and repairs on buildings and equipment, as well as, housekeeping responsibilities of the facility.

·         Implement best management practices for environmental stewardship including:

o    Proper regulation of manure storage facility (pit) levels

o    Flushing time and recharge of manure handling systems within the barns

Minimum Qualifications

Certification in Agric Business

·         Experience

2 years experience in the swine industry and/or 2 years of leadership experience in any similar Agric sector.

1.       Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Agriculture industry preferred

·         Company policies and procedures

·         Standard Operating Procedures of the system (thorough understanding)

·         Proper pig terminology and livestock handling (advanced)

·         MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook) and basic understanding of computers is preferred

·         Familiar with commercialisation (previous experience in commercial marketing channels)

·         Having a working command of French language.

·         Familiar with modern techniques such as boar semen collection.

2.       Skill in:

·         Excellent oral and written communication skills

·         Organizational and Leadership skills

·         Highly Computer Literate/ versed with Media, Internet

·         Training and development of team members on standard operating procedures

3.       Ability to:

·         Work independently, as well as being a team player

·         Effectively monitor and develop subordinates to insure smooth operation of the farm

·         Maintain confidentiality

·         Desire to learn new skills

·         Use production records to facilitate improvements

Ability to handle exposure to dust, odors, noise.

Ability to stand and walk on concrete for extended periods of time

Friendly with mud

Interview includes and not limited to:

1.      Business pitch- Making a successful pig farm business in Cameroon

2.      Presenting a business plan based on 500.000frs monthly profit

Please send cv’s to: ourpiggyvalley@gmail.com

 



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