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Meet the Nigerian Businessman Appointed by Donald Trump as a Member of His Economic Advisory Team

 Some of America's most highly respected and successful business leaders, have been called upon by the President-elect, Donald Trump to frequently advise him on economic matters.

Bayo Ogunlesi

 

President-Elect, Donald Trump has appointed some of the best and brightest brains in the world to be on his Economic Advisory team to "Make America Great again". He appointed multi-billionaires and the CEO's of fortune 500 companies such as Boeing, Walmart, JP Morgan Chase amongst others.

 Of the over dozen Presidential appointments, Ondo state born Nigerian businessman, Bayo Ogunlesi an Oxford and Harvard graduate who is the CEO and Founder of multibillion dollar company Global Infrastructure Partners made the list.

 He is also the only black man in the Advisory Committee whose father was the first Professor of Medicine in Nigeria. According to Bloomberg he is worth an estimated $900 million dollars. 

 According to Business Insider, the group will advise Trump on how to institute policies to encourage job growth and improve productivity, according to the release.

"This forum brings together CEOs and business leaders who know what it takes to create jobs and drive economic growth," Trump said in the release.

 "My administration is committed to drawing on private sector expertise and cutting the government red tape that is holding back our businesses from hiring, innovating, and expanding right here in America."

 The group's first meeting will be in the first week of February.

 

Here are the the list of President-elect Donald Trump's economic advisory team:

 

Stephen Schwarzman (forum chairman), chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Blackstone

 

Paul Atkins, CEO of Patomak Global Partners, former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission

 

Mary Barra, chairwoman and CEO, General Motors

 

Toby Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland Clinic

 

Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

Larry Fink, chairman and CEO, BlackRock

 

Bob Iger, chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company

 

Rich Lesser, president and CEO, Boston Consulting Group

 

Doug McMillon, president and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

 

Jim McNerney, former chairman, president, and CEO of Boeing

 

Adebayo "Bayo" Ogunlesi, chairman and managing partner, Global Infrastructure Partners

 

Ginni Rometty, chairwoman, president, and CEO of IBM

 

Kevin Warsh, Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in economics at the Hoover Institute, former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

 

Mark Weinberger, global chairman and CEO, EY

 

Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO, General Electric

 

Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize winner, vice chairman of IHS Markit

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That Communiqué by NW Elite, Senators and MPs calling for Peace and Resumption of Schools in the NW Region

 Press Release

Mindful of government resolve to give commensurate attention to teachers’ and lawyers’ grievances through constructive dialogue as testified by the Head of State, sending the Prime Minister, Head of Government to dialogue with Teachers, Lawyers, and Civil Society in Bamenda on 25th and 26th November 2016,

Mindful of the first meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee presided over by the Minister of Higher Education to look into teachers’ grievances at the end of which a comprehensive recommendation arrived at was submitted for consideration by Government,

Mindful of the special meeting chaired by the Minister of State, Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals to examine and dialogue with Members of the Bar Council that was held on Tuesday, 22nd November 2016 to seek solutions to Anglophone Lawyers’ grievances,

As concerns Anglophone Lawyers’ grievances;

1. Considering the formal handing over to Cameroon Government of the English text of the OHADA Uniform Act which was subsequently handed over to the Bar Council President in both hard and electronic versions, and posted on the websites of the Ministry of Justice and Bar Council,

2. Considering the imminent holding of the Stakeholders Meeting (Etat Generaux) of the Justice sector as requested by the Head of State, a forum in which the other grievances of Anglophone lawyers will be detailly examined by an Ad hoc Committee and resolutions thereof submitted for consideration by the Head of State, guarantor of our judicial system,

3. Considering the opening of judicial investigations by the Attorney Generals in NW and SW regions on allegations of molestation, brutality, seizure of wigs and other acts against lawyers in Bamenda and Buea which will permit the appropriate sanctioning of authorities guilty of acts of violence in consonance with the laws in force.

As concerns Teachers’ grievances;

1. Considering the creation, organisation and functioning of the ad hoc inter-ministerial committee tasked with examining and proposing solutions to the concerns raised by Anglophones teachers’ trade unions in the format requested by the leaders themselves in their 8-point resolution submitted to the Prime Minister, Head of Government following the meeting of 26th November 2016 in Bamenda. And trusting that the resolutions accruing from the deliberations of the committee shall be submitted directly to the Prime Minister, Head of Government and all pertinent recommendations shall be examined by Government to improve the Anglophone subsystem of education,

2. Conscious of the allocation of a sum of 2 billion (2,000,000,000) Francs CFA by the Head of State as special subsidy to lay private and denominational schools which will help alleviate the burden of cost in running these schools.

3. Cognisant of the special recruitment of 1000 bilingual technical school teachers to address the problem of shortage of teachers especially in Anglophone Technical schools and colleges,

4. Considering that on the instruction of the Head of State, formal judicial enquiry has been opened by the Attorney Generals in the Southwest and Northwest Regions on alleged violence on students in Bamenda and Buea and trusting that at the end of the on-going investigations appropriate measures shall be taken in accordance with the laws in force,

5. Considering that the boycott of schools and classes by teachers is penalising our children some of whom have to sit for official national and international examinations with other children and pupils who are regularly going to school unperturbed thereby jeopardizing the future of our children,

6. Convinced that the eventual resolution of all pertinent grievances by government cannot bring back the immense consequences on the children and universities due to the time lost,

7. Trusting that government has in the past listened to problems of the Anglophone subsystem of education as testified by the creation and management of the GCE Board, sole agency managing official exams at secondary school level; And that Government will continue to do so,

We the North West Elite, Senators and Members of the National Assembly hereby:

1. Appeal to all teachers, lawyers, school proprietors, the civil society, politicians, traders, bayam selams, parents, economic operators, taxi men, motor bike riders, students, pupils and all citizens of good will, to see reason and trust the government’s good faith for dialogue and peaceful resolution of all the pertinent grievances presented by teachers and lawyers;

2. Appeal particularly to teachers, pupils and parents for normal resumption of schools to avoid jeopardising the future of our children;

3. Pray the lawyers to end their boycott of the courts which have a negative effect on their clients and call on them to instead hold meaningful consultations in view of tabling pertinent and exhaustive grievances during the imminent upcoming Stakeholders of the Justice system meeting in their quest to preserve the bi-jurial nature of our justice system;

4. Pledge our total support for peace, stability and tranquillity in our Region;

5. Affirm our unflinching support for a one, united and indivisible fatherland, Cameroon;

6. Strongly condemn the exploitation by unscrupulous politicians, Southern Cameroon’s National Congress (SCNC) infiltrators of teachers’ and lawyers’ grievances to call for ghost towns and secession of the Anglophone part of Cameroon;

7. Fervently condemn all forms of violence and social tension that jeopardize the peace and security of our beloved fatherland irrespective of the source;

8. Pledge our unflinching support to His Excellency, President Paul BIYA and the government with the continuous open door policy as they find lasting solution to the pertinent grievances put forward by Anglophone teachers, and lawyers and eventually others;

Done in Yaounde, on Sunday, 4th December 2016

Signed:
MBAH ACHA ROSE F., FUH CALISTUS GENTRY, DOH JEROME PENBAGA, ATANGA NJI PAUL , SOLOMON AZOH-MBI, FONYE FRANCIS, FOHTUNG SAMUEL T., SIMON ACHIDI ACHU, FON TECHE NJEI II, WANLO CHAMOA JOHN , AWANGA ZACHARIAS, FON GANYOGAH, EMMA ENO LAFON, WALLANG DAVID, DINGHA IGNATIUS, NJINGUM MUSA, KWEI ANDREW, MBUMSECK GENESIS, BANMI EMMANUEL, WALLANG RICHARD, ENWE FRANCIS, ABETY PETER; KIBUH HENRY, SHEY JONES YEMBE, NJI FIDELIS, MELO UPHIE CHINJE, LANTUM DANIEL, FONGOD EDWIN, MOH SYLVESTER, SAMMY CHUMBOW, Fon. CHAFAH ISAAC, FRU ANGWAFOR, MBAYU FELIX,TAN PAUL, NWANA SAMA BERNARD, GABSA WILFRED, AGWARA MOISE, KILO ASHERI, SHEY PETER MABU, CHIMANGHA LINUS, CHI ASAFOR, SAMA JUMA, FRU JONATHAN, SIMON TAMFU, AKWA PATRICK, BUNGO JEAN PAUL, OKIE JOHNSON, GABSA WILFRED, DOH ANDERSON, NDZO CELESTIN, ADAMU MUSA, NUHU SALI, GABCHE VINCENT GABCHE, CHIANGEH GRACE, TAMANJONG MOSES, FORYANG GODFRED FUMBI, DIMLA LAMBERT, NGORAN AUSTIN, KAAH ERNEST MBUH, ISA ADAMU, ABBAS MOHAMADOU, NYING DIVINE

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Latest Gossip from Camer. The Evil that People Do..Writtam-pen is Back

 By Writtam-pen

Country people, I hope you have heard the latest? I hear manners have starting falling from heaven. Popol and Yang have decided to dole out CFA 2 billion as Christmas gift to lay private and denominational schools yet the Anglophone Teachers Union says nay to the gift. They have rejected the gifts on grounds that there are no legal bindings as well as mechanism for reinforcement. PM Yang spent two days in Bamenda to dialogue with Teachers, Lawyers, and Civil Society from 25th and 26th November 2016 but while back in Yaounde, Yang and his boss provided a very wrong solution to the problem posed by the leaders. 

You know Popoul always thinks he is very smart when it comes to solving problems. He thought that by announcing that government will recruited 1000 “bilingual teachers” trade unionists will surely issue tons of motions of support to him or organize Thank You marches nationwide but he got it very wrong. Chai!!!!!! Cameroon is really a rogue state!!!! This regime is really good at creativity. While university students are still waiting for Chinese laptops, Popoul and co have introduced a new trick, android bilingual teachers. The question many have been asking is whether these bilingual teachers will come from space or Mars. Popular opinion holds that if there's anyone who is bitter about our president's cronies and takes some of the statements they make seriously and some of their rash decisions at heart, all you have to do is listen to the North West CPDM Elite(s) to realize that many of them are either joking or high on banana leaves and afofo... Na thing to just laugh!!!Who cares if CPDM march in Buea, they should not march but run. I remember the people marched against multi-party politics in this country?

Popoul is surely going to sign a devastating decree any of these days. Some of them will be sacked from government. Others will go on retirement. What is however very interesting is that PM Yang has started his cleanup on a left leg. What a kangaroo solution to the problem of Anglophones.

Country people have you ever seen where someone took petrol to pour on fire? That is what Nolava did in the University of Buea. Students were beaten, robbed in shit, cases of rape even reported. I doubt whether Nalova and Okalia Bilia will survive the storm in Popoul’s tea cup for transforming the university campus into a military camp. Teachers have issued a statement demanding their sacking as one of the preconditions.  Popol’s advisers are short of ideas; they could freely borrow from Mbangfon Nick Ngwanyam ideas.

I hear John Ntarinkon was very bitter about what transpired in Buea to the point he wants to make political capital of the incident. SDF senators, MPs and Mayors are waxing mussels to stage another peaceful march in Buea today. Hahahahahaha, your writtam-pen also gathered that John Ntarinkon has opted for Federalism as a panacea to the present deadlock. Don’t be surprised to hear that John Ntarinkon starts talking like SCNC activists. 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 John Ntarinkon’s forehead when gear gas was fired into his residence.

The Shakespeare mayor of Buea organized a public talk to calm tempers in Buea Just like John Ntarinkon and Lele did in Bamenda who asked for the unconditional release of Benji, the co-demonstrator of the Bamenda Coffin wahala.

The Bamenda man will never forget Mancho Bibixy and Benji like Late Pefok. I am struck by the telling points, to the effect that what we just witnessed. After all, what sort of plot doesn’t have leaders (or rather those who were described as such weren’t leading anyone), a common purpose, a plan or anything that could be described as a policy agenda.

What Fame Ndongo was trying to achieve was foul-tasting. The near impossibility of any purpose and the lack of tools to achieve them defined the uselessness of facts that this man whose name I have just forgotten is the first accused.  Do you know what happens around university cycles? The only plan that existed seems to have been an attempt to summon spirits from the vastly deep to get rid of the Anglo saxon sub system. But, though any man or woman can summon spirits, only an organised one can ensure they arrive. Now that Popoul is very disappointed with them, I am sure his signature will send some of them packing.  I really smell a cabinet shakeup. There abounds speculations and suspicions, dismay and dismal, surrounding this but even as the earth rotates into a new horizon oblivious of this occurrence in this tiny dot on the globe, there abounds the fact that a disturbing memory has been embedded in the minds of volatile witnesses in such a mystery that even Taylor swift would find it hard to shake it off.

The Nigerian Super Falcons flied the sky of Yaounde  to create the unexpected at the last minute chopping the Lionesses at the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium to emerge champions of Africa for the 8^th time. The presence of President Biya and wife, Chantou did not in any way intimidated Desire Oparanozie, who fired the lone goal that saw the Falcons beat the Indomitable Lionesses. I hear Cameroon lost at the finals not because the girls were not fit but that the Gods were angry following police and Gendarme brutality in Buea and Bamenda recently. While Nigerians take home the trophy to continue with the struggle with the economic crisis, Cameroonians were humbled out to face the social unrest. The evil that people do, live with them....

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2016 AFCON Final: Why Nigeria’s Super Falcons Emerged Champion

The Nigerian Super Falcons flied the sky of Yaounde to create the unexpected at the last minute to crush the Lionesses at the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium to emerge champions of Africa for the 8^th time. The presence of President Biya and wife, Chantal Biya did not in any way intimidated Desire Oparanozie, who fired the lone goal that saw the Falcons beat the Indomitable Lionesses.  Florence Omagbemi, made history to become the first individual to win the AWCON as a player and a coach.

Critics are of the opinion that Cameroon lost at the finals not because they girls were not fit but that the Gods were angry following police and Gendarme brutality in Buea and Bamenda recently. While Nigerians take home the trophy to continue battling with the economic crisis, Cameroonians were humbled out to face the social unrest.

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Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh Concedes Defeat After 22 Years of Rule

 After ruling his country for 22 years, President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia has suffered a shocking defeat in the Presidential election.

President Yahya Jammeh

 

President Yahya Jammeh, who has ruled The Gambia for 22 years, has conceded defeat to opposition leader Adama Barrow, the chairman of the electoral commission said on Friday, AFP reports.

“It’s really unique that someone who has been ruling this country for so long has accepted defeat,” Alieu Momar Njie Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission told reporters.

 This comes after the opposition candidate Adama Barrow took a massive lead after almost 75 per cent of votes had been counted in Gambian presidential voting, threatening President Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year-rule, the electoral commission said on Friday.

 Barrow, who has the support of seven political parties, had won 22 out of 53 constituencies or 138,148 votes in Thursday’s presidential polls.

 According to the commission, incumbent Jammeh won 14 out of 53 constituencies or 126,587 votes.

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Above Fru Ndi's 4 States Federation: Teche Nyamusa Gives own Options

 In the aftermath of November 2016 “Anglophone” lawyers and teachers strike, my party the SDF Monday November 28, 2016 at a rally in Bamenda re-echoed her long stated four states federation for Cameroon. The emphasis was laid by SDF senators, MPs, mayors and Chairman John Fru Ndi.
This manifesto which Fru Ndi has used as he stands for the Cameroon Presidency since 1992 till date has been a failure and is dubious for “Anglophones”. Nyamusa for 2018 presidency bid on the SDF ticket is all for a two equal status federal Cameroon. I, Felix Teche Nyamusa, am very convinced that Cameroonians will accept my explanation to go back to the proposed two equal status federal Cameroon of the dreams of President Ahmadou Ahidjo and Premier John Ngu Foncha. Fru Ndi is not ingenious and industrious enough to make Cameroonians see the natural rationale and harmlessness cum sustainability of the two states federation of Cameroon. The Nyamusa campaign has extensively communed with Cameroonians and is very certain that the country will be unanimous in its acceptance after due explanations. Thus amidst the common law lawyers, teachers of the English Sub system of education in Cameroon strike, the difference in our visions(Nyamusa’s and Fru Ndi’s) were further illuminated.
Permit us explain the words “Anglophone, Francophone” in the Cameroon context. An Anglophone Cameroonian is used here to be a citizen of Cameroon whose ancestry is from Northwest or Southwest regions. While a francophone is one originating from any of the remaining eight French speaking regions of the country. In 55 years, only two presidents have ruled the country (Ahmadou Ahidjo and incumbent Paul Biya) all of them francophone. Ministerial positions, directors and other high civil service positions are to a great extend not proportionally shared, between the two legal components of the country - defense, finance, territorial administration… ministries are considered a no-go area for Anglophones.
The common law practised by the Anglo-Saxon part of the country, the Anglo-Saxon education system are being increasingly adulterated by the French legal and education systems reasons for which the lawyers and teachers of the Anglophone set up are on strike. Lack of all-seasons transportation roads, lack of industries, unbalanced development ….Anglophones now see themselves as captured people and are decided not to continue under such systems. Concerned educated elite of the English expression quite aware of the right to self determination and are going for total independence from the union with La Republique du Cameroun. She (Anglophones) even question the legality of such union. Thus any other illogical arrangement apart of the two equal status federal agreement will infuriate the Anglophones who the Nyamusa for 2018 Cameroon president campaign had been persuading. Further belittling the anglophone by likening them to some portions of La Republique , heightens their self determination bid for independence. Hence the lack of vision and ripe judgment for a united prosperous Cameroon by the Fru Ndi leadership of our rallying grass roots party S.D.F.
The irony here is that despite the capital-toying with the Anglophones as a nation, the Biya CPDM regime also fails in giving the right development to La Republique du Cameroun. Francophone grievances include the C.P.D.M former (C.N.U) subjugation of U.P.C - the first pan Cameroon advocating party; the ill-treatment and suspicion of the northerners.
Hence the shabby treatment of the remains of pioneer head of state Ahmadou Ahidjo which remains are never permitted by the C.P.D.M regime to be brought from the Diaspora for befitting burial in Cameroon, talkless of grudges against the Biya /C.P.D.M regime money launder tradition!
My vision for Cameroon where the local or official language of each citizen can never be a barrier for progress; a vision where belonging to a minority or majority group, sex, religion…can never inhibit any Cameroonian from achieving his or her full potentials is intact .I/we will realize this through good governance application of due process of law and other democracy practices which I am ready to implement. We will create a constitution where any leader that torches on the unity foundation of Cameroon will be impeached!
For a people to progress in integrity there must be the exercise and fulfillment of agreements and truth. Contemporary Cameroon (our country) is made up of two former United Nations’ groomed states – former British Southern Cameroons and former French la Republique du Cameroon. These two in 1961 agreed to come together as two equal status federal states. But since after that 1961 agreement, one part (former British Cameroons) has been colonized by the other, more populated La Republique du Cameroon till date 55years after. The name the united country was expected to bear is Federal United Cameroon Republic but today, the country “Has Metamorphosed” bearing other names in the process till she has returned to La Republic du Cameroon, the name of former French Cameroons.
With equity, transparency, logical democratic governance, I, Felix Teche Nyamusa, SDF 2018 presidential hopeful (pending primaries) wishes we return to “Federal Democratic United Cameroon Republic” of two equal status states which is bilingual, bicultural and bijural. We therefore have a duty to convince “SCNC” an organization speaking on behalf of former British Southern Cameroons not to break away from the union for henceforth good governance, due process, transparent and rationale in all decisions taken, independent electoral commission …reminiscent of democracies like Canada’s, Switzerland’s, USA’S … with succeeding federal arrangements. This proposed setting will not harm anyone Anglophone or Francophone Cameroonian. In fact details of this Cameroon deeply reflected progress endeavor are contained in my manifesto for the 2018 presidential proposal found in the book “Effective Democratic succession in Cameroon”. The Ideology Neighbourhood/works of Felix Teche Nyamusa, SDF 2018 Presidential hopeful (pending primaries) which book is now available in bookshops in Cameroon.
May God guide SDF, Cameroon. 

By Felix Teche Nyamusa, SDF 2018 Presidential Hopeful (pending primaries)


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God Told Me Aliko Dangote Will Become Nigeria's President - Archbishop Amu

A Nigerian man of God has revealed in a prophecy that Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote would someday become Nigeria's President.

Alhaji Aliko Dangote

A former Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Archbishop George Amu, said God has revealed to him that Nigerian billionaire businessman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, will one day become the president of Nigeria.

 The man of God who said the same God who told him that Donald Trump would become the President of America, revealed the latest prophecy to him.

 He said just as he prophesied on the 21st of August as he celebrated his 75th birthday, then, that Trump would win America’s election, God has now revealed to him that Dangote would be Nigeria’s President. However, he did not mention when Dangote would become President.

 Amu noted that the same circumstance that brought about the emergence of Trump, would play out in the emergence of Dangote as the President. He said Trump and Dangote have same similarities in that they are successful businessmen. 

 Amu further noted that God plans to use them to salvage their countries from problems.

 Amu recalled that when he predicted Trump’s victory, no newspaper reported it, saying, “I even told my children to circulate the information on their Facebook but they declined. The same God, who revealed Donald Trump’s victory in the US, has also declared His intention to install Dangote as the future President of Nigeria.”

 Dangote is Africa's richest man worth 11.6 billion USD. The 59-year-old is the owner of Dangote Group, a conglomerate which has interests in commodities.

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God Told Me Just In: Aliko Dangote Will Become Nigeria's President - Archbishop Amu

A Nigerian man of God has revealed in a prophecy that Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote would someday become Nigeria's President.

Alhaji Aliko Dangote

 

A former Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Archbishop George Amu, said God has revealed to him that Nigerian billionaire businessman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, will one day become the president of Nigeria.

 The man of God who said the same God who told him that Donald Trump would become the President of America, revealed the latest prophecy to him.

 He said just as he prophesied on the 21st of August as he celebrated his 75th birthday, then, that Trump would win America’s election, God has now revealed to him that Dangote would be Nigeria’s President. However, he did not mention when Dangote would become President.

 Amu noted that the same circumstance that brought about the emergence of Trump, would play out in the emergence of Dangote as the President. He said Trump and Dangote have same similarities in that they are successful businessmen. 

 Amu further noted that God plans to use them to salvage their countries from problems.

 Amu recalled that when he predicted Trump’s victory, no newspaper reported it, saying, “I even told my children to circulate the information on their Facebook but they declined. The same God, who revealed Donald Trump’s victory in the US, has also declared His intention to install Dangote as the future President of Nigeria.”

 Dangote is Africa's richest man worth 11.6 billion USD. The 59-year-old is the owner of Dangote Group, a conglomerate which has interests in commodities.

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AWCON: Nigeria to Battle Cameroon in Final

 The Nigerian Super Falcons have excelled tremendously at the ongoing African football competition in Cameroon.

 

Nigeria's Desire Oparanozie in action

 

Nigeria’s Super Falcons last night silenced a boastful Banyana Banyana of South Africa with a 1-0 win to set up a date with hosts, Cameroon in the final of the Africa Women Cup of Nations.

 Desire Oparanozie from the edge of the box powered home with a screaming shot that rattled the Banyana Banyana players to the bone.

 They had come into the game strongly, causing some anxious moments for the Super Falcons. However, coach Florence Omagbemi kept urging her wards to calm their nerves. 

 The defending champions charged back at the South Africans with Asisat Oshoala asking some questions of the South African defence. But Banyana Banyana keeper, Priscilla Lebogang was proving key for her side as she produced a fine save to deny Nigeria a goal in the 25th minute.

 The South Africans did have the ball in the back of  Falcons’ net just before the half-time break, but the effort was flagged offside.

After the break the Falcons piled up more pressure and in the 57th minute, Oparanozie scored the winner after Oshoala was brought down at the edge of the box.

 Banyana Banyana almost got an equaliser but the Nigerian defence cleared their lines. South Africa will now face Ghana in the third place on Friday.

 Cameroon had beaten Ghana 1-0 earlier in the other semi-final. It took 71 minutes of labour before the Indomitable Lionesses could break the resolve of the Black Queens of Ghana. Midfielder Raissa Feudjio scored the only goal of the match for the ‘Les Lionnes’ to deservingly book their place in the grand finale and continue their march towards a historic first ever title in the flagship women’s competition.

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BREAKING News: Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka Finally Destroys His American Green Card

After many days of waiting, Nigerian playwright and poet, Wole Soyinka has kept his pledge by destroying his American Green Card.

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka

 

Nobel prize-winning author Wole Soyinka has finally destroyed his US residency green card. He made the revelation on Thursday after he had pledged to destroy the card if Donald Trump wins the presidential election.

According to an AFP report, Soyinka said he destroyed his green card during a conference at the University of Johannesburg.

 “I have already done it, I have disengaged (from the United States). I have done what I said I would do,” the 82-year-old said on the sidelines of an education conference at the University of Johannesburg.

“I had a horror of what is to come with Trump… I threw away the (green) card, and I have relocated, and I’m back to where I have always been” — meaning his homeland Nigeria.

 The renowned playwright and poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986 and has been a regular teacher at US universities including Harvard, Cornell and Yale said he wouldn't discourage Nigerians from acquiring a green card. 

“It’s useful in many ways. I wouldn’t for one single moment discourage any Nigerians or anybody from acquiring a green card… but I have had enough of it,” he said.

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Nkambe Council Budget Drops Drastically

Nkambe Council Council Budget Drops Drastically. Councilors of the Nkambe Council have adopted a budget of FCFA 659,727,700 for 2017 as compared to the FCFA 865,023,000 adopted for 2015. Though the witnessed a drop, Mayor Ngabir Paul Bantar revealed that the Council intends to increase the staff strength from about 63 to 100 next year. Councilors expressed their disgust over several issues such as the nonpayment of social insurance dues, seasonal workers and the inconsistency in revenue collected locally. Councilor Mohamadou Bawe said though the mayor has constantly dribbled the councilors, it is clear that things are not moving towards the right direction. He likened the mayor's ways to clarify pertinent issues to councilors to the football dribbles of Diego Maradona. He noted with dissatisfaction the fact that all efforts deployed by councilors to increase local revenue have not yielded enough fruits reasons why the budget has registered a drastic drop. On the available potential, Musa Shey Nfor debunked a statement that Nkambe potential stands at about FCFA 12 million. He unleashed that there are three markets in the municipality, he said that the Finance Committee investigated and got the statistics of the number of drinking spots in the municipality, the number cows which have moved from 16, 000 to 20.000 and that FCFA 12 million was very insignificant. On his part, Chifu David questioned whether it was proper for the council to pay staff and not pay their social insurance dues. Another problem was the nonpayment of seasonal workers recruited to work on rural roads. Councilors were disappointed that though the money was disbursed in form of credit card, the 10 seasonal workers have gone for 3 months without salary.

 It should be recalled that councilors also opted that some staffs who received undue salaries will payback the money to the council. The amount is estimated at about 16 million FCFA. Donga Mantung SDO in his closing remarks said that the staff concerned should pay the money. Ngone Ndodemesape Bernard also warned against the issuance of fake birth certificates in the municipality. He congratulated the councilors for their maturity in analyzing the budget. 

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Dr. Nick Ngwanyam Proposes Options to Solving Anglophone Problem-A Must Read

*SOLVING THE ANGLOPHONE PROBLEM.* *WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? 28th November, 2016*

All the Anglophones are very happy that H.E. Prime Minister Yang Philemon accepted recently on behalf of the government that there is an Anglophone problem. That is already a good step in the right direction because many other ministers ganged up to say that Anglophones are noise makers and blowing hot air where there in nothing to worry about. So what then is that problem and what are the possible solutions and the outcomes? That is why the PM had the meeting with the different groups to get an understanding into all of these issues.
What are the major axis as expressed by different persons and groups who try to bring a solution to the problems? Notice that all solutions to all human problems under the sun have pros and cons. There are always advantages and disadvantages to any position or human solution. Politics thrives on these issues.
That is why President Elect Donald Trump and Mme Senator/Secretary of State Hilary Clinton had such intellectual fights crisscrossing America to argue their cases showing the pros and cons to any statement and position. Then the people voted and more controversies surfaced. That is because we are human and there is no perfect human society, nor decision. Perfection does not exist.
*PLAN A:* The teachers and Lawyers presented problems needing specific punctual solutions. *PLAN B:* Resistance and insults/lack of understanding from Ministers in Yaounde, refusing even to admit the Anglophone Problem causes the aggrieved parties to seek a 2 state federation. *PLAN C:* SCNC and sympathizers jump on board and reiterate their cry for secession. *PLAN D:* The forgotten option of the 10 state federation or call it decentralization. *PLAN E:* Other people have advocated on having a total cleansing of the current government with profound modification of the systems to give it a new vision, a new way of doing business where there is accountability, no corruption and respect of all citizens as well as a place for Anglophones in the power structure.
We shall not take the time now to argue the points for or against all these options. However some specific guide lines could help. Plan C is the last resort when nothing has worked. Combinations of ideas and mechanisms from Plan E, D, B and A could do the trick for everyone in Cameroon.
*EXPLANATIONS* Government had started on some piece-meal decentralization in the ten regions as a learning phase. If this decentralization were carried out to its full expression, that could offer some help. The idea is to go all the way and implement everything that there is to it. For instance, there should be 10 states plus a Federal Capital state (Capital and seat of Government).
All governors and government delegates to all the 10 states should be voted by the people in that state. That way, disgruntled Ewondo patriarchs would be able to exercise power locally and solve their problems within the law. We often think that Betis are a homogenous group and they are all happy. This is not true. They complain bitterly against each other. Ministers and directors look after their families.
They do not share money to all the Betis. So any system that is true and just and allows them to be part of governance where they can impose and ask for accountability and also replace corrupt local government managers would be welcome.
Francophones also believe that Anglophones would help them to see the light, breathe fresh air and also grow. Those of them who are bilingual would also like to benefit from decentralization.
*ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANGLOPHONES*
We have all agreed that English has not been given her right place in this nation. Many Anglophones should be recruited into the University (HTTC) and trained as teachers of English. They are not even enough for Anglophone schools. Imagine how many have to be trained to fill all the Anglophone schools and all the francophone schools all over the national territory in primary and secondary schools. This will create a huge job market for Anglophones. Many more Anglophones should be admitted into HTTTC to train and make up for the deficiencies in teachers of science and technology.
H.E. President Paul Biya has encouraged digitalization of the administration and the improvement of digital economy in Cameroon. You know that English is the Language of the digital world. I will encourage all Cameroonians to learn American English. This will help the whole nation to grow.
*EDUCATION COUNCIL AND GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE*
The idea of the education council is good and should be implemented immediately. Two would be created; one for Anglophone federal states and another for francophone federal states. If a Francophone has technical skills and does not know English, he should first of all do a six month English training followed by a proficiency evaluation at the linguistic center to get this right.
As I had said before, there should be only one school system. There should be nothing like technical or grammar schools. All students are exposed to all subjects including agriculture and animal husbandry. After the fifth year, they can start to specialize and sort out themselves as they grow. The senate is not cost effective. All the money wasted on running the senate should be used to buy technical and agricultural equipment for our secondary schools. This is more useful. The National Assembly has enough brains to make good laws. Senate is a waste of resources.
The whole idea is to make the Francophones who are sitting on the fence realize that their own problems would also be solved when they understand and accept decentralization/federalism as a workable concept.
To add the icing on the cake, The University of Buea and Bamenda should be run according to the Anglo-Saxon principles for running such institutions. As for ‘concours’ in the nation; Anglophones from the North West and South West Region must have a minimum of 25% of the spots reserved for them. It also makes sense in appointments in government at all levels takes care of this ratio and also introduce mechanisms for power balance at the helm.
The bottom line is that Anglophones are not beggars and should just be treated fairly. They are not asking for something other than fairness in these matters. Bilingualism should be for real and not lip service as we see it now. I remember Hon Cyprian Awudu Mbaya had to get into a rage and tear down the sign boards at Ayaba Hotel written only in French to get the managers of Ayaba and that Ministry to think that they needed to put up signs in English as well in the year 2015. This does not speak well and shows bad faith.
*TAXES AND STATE BUDGET* The national budget is partitioned into two big groups. A) Money set aside for the Federal capital state for running the federal government, the army, and national programs. B) Money that is shared into 10 lots and sent to each federal state to be managed by the local federal government to cover running costs and development. This should be a function of the true population statistics and the amount they contribute to the national budget by way of taxes and income.
When taxes are collected from major income sources, a fixed percentage MUST be paid to the local government that generates it and the rest sent to the Federal Capital State. Local governments would have the ability to hire and fire based on output.
*THE LAWYERS’ PROBLEM*
This is another serious issue that can be solved easily. The umbrella lawyers’ association as it is now should be left in place as a mother association. Under this structure, the Anglophone Common Lawyer Association should be created as well as the Francophone Lawyers’ Council. This gives Anglophone lawyers an opportunity to also work in the other 8 regions/federal states in the nation. This provides a big market for them. That way, they are not limited to two Regions. The Law school that teaches common law should be created and the Anglophone section in ENAM created to teach student magistrates in Common Law. These are simple and easy things to do.
All official documents in the nation including the OHADA Law must be in English and French. I do not see any difficulty with implementing this. The administration in Cameroon should sit up and solve problems in time. We should not leave things to blow out of proportion because of neglect. Meaningful dialogue is a great tool everywhere and at all times in all circumstances. It needs love, humility and truth to get it to work.
*CONCLUSION*
We have only one country. There are hawks looking for ways to cause problems in Cameroon. They will come to fight on our behalf and steal our country. We shall all become beggars and refugees if we do not act wisely. Let us avoid conflict at all cost by doing what is right now. By so doing, we close the door to outside forces that looking forward to stealing our resources. Peace, security and stability are all we want. Let us do all in our power to have and maintain it. Boko Haram has not been a welcome experience. Might is not always right. Love conquers all. Greed kills and supervises the burial.

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*DR NICK NGWANYAM, MD*
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